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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who argues that Negroes did alter the English language?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Hurston.
(c) No one.
(d) Some etymologists.

2. What is the name of the host and novelist in Thurman's story?
(a) Matt.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Roger.
(d) Ray.

3. Who is the author of "Art or Propaganda"?
(a) Hurston.
(b) Locke.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Domingo.

4. What is the biggest blockage for Negro artists, according to Hughes?
(a) Tendency to mimic lifestyle of whites.
(b) Inequality of wealth.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Tendency to discredit their work.

5. Who is the author of the poem "Conception"?
(a) Hurston.
(b) Cuney.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Cullen.

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

7. Who is the author of "Go Down Death"?
(a) Hughes.
(b) James Weldon Johnson.
(c) Cullen.
(d) Hurston.

8. Who first sees Uncle Monday in Hurston's story "Uncle Monday"?
(a) Joeseph Lies.
(b) Joe Lindsay.
(c) Lindsey Joeseph.
(d) Joey Lawrence.

9. Who is the author of "Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet"?
(a) Locke.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Domingo.
(d) Hurston.

10. At the end of the section "Art and Propaganda", who wanted to be a pianist because of his brother's friends?
(a) James Johns.
(b) Johnson Jameison.
(c) James Patterson.
(d) James P. Johnson.

11. In Thurman's story, who asks why he should focus only on his African roots when he has Indian and German roots as well?
(a) Dr. Parkes.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Paul.
(d) Paulene.

12. Which of the following is NOT a poem written by Countee Cullen?
(a) "For a Poet".
(b) "To John Keets, Poet, At Springtime".
(c) "Yet Do I Marvel".
(d) "Annabelle Lee".

13. Why has democracy worked so well in America, according to "Our Greatest Gift to America"?
(a) White's are supreme in this way of living.
(b) It divides the power evenly.
(c) Skin color measures a man's worth.
(d) Negroes are inferior to the government.

14. What type of music is in "The Banjo Player"?
(a) Classical.
(b) Music of peasant people.
(c) Blues.
(d) Bluegrass.

15. Who arrived in America as a child and was purchased by a man in Boston?
(a) Phyllis Wheatley.
(b) Phil Wheatney.
(c) Phyllis Whitney.
(d) Eli Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Our Greatest Gift to America", where do Negroes frequently spend their time?

2. What does the author of "The Negro Digs up His Past" attribute his ideology to?

3. What is the title of James Weldon Johnson's book that details events about Negro artists in general and poets in particular?

4. How many facts does the author present in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

5. What is the title of McKay's poem where people gather around a lynched man?

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