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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afro-American Identity - Who Am I?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Garvey, what does he feel is the opposite result of the construction of a great African nation?
(a) They will never reach that great nation.
(b) They are being enslaved by this ideology.
(c) They are constructing a massive fall of the great nation of Africa.
(d) Negroes will always work in a country founded by whites.

2. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?
(a) Aunt Em.
(b) Uncle Jem.
(c) Aunt Jem.
(d) Uncle Jim.

3. Which story calls for donations to a defense fund for those accused of participation in recent riots?
(a) "Defense of the Negro Rioters".
(b) "The New Negro".
(c) "Garveyism".
(d) "If We Must Die".

4. What fact does Locke cite at the end of "American Negro" in relation to outsider's perceptions?
(a) They are being studied and not debated about.
(b) They are slowly seeing humans in the Negro race.
(c) They see only what they want to see.
(d) They do not understand the Negro race.

5. What is Locke describing when he says "its a place inhabited and controlled by Negroes of many different walks of life"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Marcus A. Garvey's essay that follows "Garveyism"?

2. What kind of changes does Locke see in the overall perception of Negroes?

3. What is the name of the police officer who is stabbed and killed in Johnson's essay?

4. What was formed as a response to the police's refusals in Johnson's essay?

5. What does Fisher note about the Cabaret dancers in his essay, "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?

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