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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Art or Propaganda? High or Low Culture?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What seems to be the consensus of the essays in "New Negro Radicalism"?
(a) To resist enslavement of the same race.
(b) To accept all men as eqaul.
(c) To become prideful of one's heritage.
(d) First steps forward are to eliminate current leaders.

3. What animal remains by Aunt Judy Bickerstaff in "Uncle Monday" until she begins to doubt herself?
(a) A snake.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) An alligator.

4. Who is the essay "Sweat" about?
(a) Hurston's life.
(b) Hot summers in Mississippi.
(c) Delia.
(d) Dede.

5. How many pieces of art does the last section in "Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition" have?
(a) 51.
(b) 20
(c) 25.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?

2. What is Hurston's story "Shouting" about?

3. What does the author say about Negro men and slave trade in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

4. Who is the author of "Blades of Steel"?

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

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