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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who supposedly bewitches the main character of "Luani of the Jungles"?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) A Negro sailor.
(d) A young Negro woman.

2. What sentiment is suggested about American Negroes in relation to Negroes in other parts of the world?
(a) They are better off in America.
(b) They desire to go to other parts of the world.
(c) They are worse off in America.
(d) They hate other parts of the world.

3. What does Fisher note about the Cabaret dancers in his essay, "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?
(a) Many are old.
(b) He hates them.
(c) Many are inexperienced.
(d) Many are white.

4. According to Domingo, what are the men of the "Old Crowd" filled with?
(a) Men who are weak and old.
(b) Men who fight.
(c) Men who turn the other cheek.
(d) Men who care for only themselves.

5. What does the poem immediately following "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts" by Countee Cullen address?
(a) Her thoughts on Africa.
(b) The history of her artwork.
(c) Her thoughts on Harlem.
(d) How to become a successful Negroe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is said that the "New Negro" will not allow from politicians in "The New Negro - What Is He"?

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

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

5. What does Locke attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginning and end of "From the Messenger - A Menace to Radicalism".

2. Discuss what happens in Zora Neale Hurston's story "Sweat".

3. Discuss what occurred in response to the August 1900 incident.

4. Discuss what happens in Fisher's story "Blades of Steel".

5. Discuss the "voodoo" in "Luani of the Jungles" by Langston Hughes.

6. Discuss the struggle Paul deals with in "Cane" by Jean Toomer.

7. What does Helene Johnson's poem "Poem" describe?

8. Describe the August 1900 incident that occurs in "Black Manhattan".

9. Describe what happens in Jean Toomer's story "Cane".

10. Describe the attitudes of the men's essays in the section New Negro Radicalism and the interpretation they leave for the reader.

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