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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Domingo, what are the men of the "New Crowd" filled with?
(a) Desrie to become equal.
(b) A burning passion for equality.
(c) Hatred.
(d) A will to fight fire with fire.

2. What does Locke notice about the bars and clubs in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
(a) They are now attracting a white clientele.
(b) Whites are just now being allowed to enter.
(c) Whites are prohibited.
(d) Whites are serving Negroes.

3. What does Locke say the Negro is willing to work for in "The New Negro"?
(a) Better conditions.
(b) Better lifestyle.
(c) More food.
(d) More space to live.

4. In "Africa for the Africans", what does Domingo say about the enslavement of Negroes?
(a) They were all enslaved once.
(b) Negroes haves been manipulated into killing and enslaving Negroes.
(c) Enslavement still exists today.
(d) Africa enslaved the most slaves before the US Civil War.

5. What is the essay "To a Dark Girl" about?
(a) Leaving home.
(b) Growing up.
(c) Growing past slavery.
(d) A pen pal.

6. What is the name of the police officer who is stabbed and killed in Johnson's essay?
(a) Robert Thorpe.
(b) Robert Thatcher.
(c) Rob Thorne.
(d) Bobby Therron.

7. Where does the boxer from the essay "Wedding Day" leave America to go to?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

8. What does the "old crowd" recommend in "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?
(a) Radical measures.
(b) Conservative measures.
(c) Radical changes.
(d) Conservative changes.

9. What ethnicity is Paul in the essay "Cane"?
(a) Indian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) It never says directly.
(d) Italian.

10. What kind of changes does Locke see in the overall perception of Negroes?
(a) Postive changes.
(b) Negative changes.
(c) Small changes.
(d) Big, radical changes.

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

12. Who says that those participating in the riots were acting out of self-defense?
(a) Garvey.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Du Bois.
(d) Domingo.

13. Who sings "Shake that Thing" at local bars in the essay by Claude McKay?
(a) Banyo.
(b) Banjo.
(c) Banjy.
(d) Benny.

14. Who was selected president for the group that was formed in response to the police's refusals?
(a) Bill Brooks.
(b) William H. Brooks.
(c) Willy Breaks.
(d) William Bradford.

15. Who hates the main character of "Sweat"?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her mom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character of "Sweat" do for a living?

2. Who gives a list of leaders who fall under the category of the "Old Crowd"?

3. What does the poem, "Poem", say the author has in common with the "little brown boy"?

4. Who is the author of "Harlem Reviewed"?

5. What question is posed in regards to leadership roles of "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?

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