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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition; Visual Arts: To Celebrate Blackness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Harlem Reviewed"?
(a) Nicole Cunny.
(b) Nicholas Cunard.
(c) Nikki Court.
(d) Nancy Cunard.

2. Who believes Africans did not add any words to the English language?
(a) Hurston.
(b) No one.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Some etymologists.

3. What specifically does Hughes describe in his impression of Harlem?
(a) Underground trains.
(b) Music.
(c) Negroes cuisine.
(d) Graffiti.

4. According to Locke, how do Negroes respond to their treatment by other races?
(a) They back down.
(b) They use it as an excuse to behave the way they do.
(c) They allow themselves to be ridiculed.
(d) They fight back.

5. What do the police refuse in response to the murdered police officer in Johnson's essay?
(a) Peace among the Negroes.
(b) Protective custody for Negroes seeking help.
(c) Any calls regarding the murder.
(d) A trial for the officer's murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sings "Shake that Thing" at local bars in the essay by Claude McKay?

2. In what essay does the author state that "a Negro will turn on another Negro if ordered"?

3. Why do Negroes mimic according to Hurston?

4. What are the names of McKay's two poems?

5. Who is the author of "Fifty Years"?

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