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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the 3 line poem?

2. Who is the author of "Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet"?

3. Who is the 3 line poem about?

4. Who is always one step higher than the Negroes, according to Schuyler?

5. How many pieces of art does the last section in "Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition" have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the significance of the writing style in Cuney's poem, "Conception".

2. Discuss Schuyler's opinion of democracy.

3. Discuss what Locke suggest in "Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet".

4. Discuss Hurston's essay "Shouting".

5. Discuss what Hurston examines in "Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals".

6. Discuss what the singing stone is in "Uncle Monday" by Hurston.

7. Discuss the three facts that Arthur A. Schomburg presents in "The Negro Digs Up His Past".

8. Discuss Fenton Johnson story "The Banjo Player".

9. Describe Uncle Monday in "Uncle Monday" by Hurston.

10. Compare and contrast Hurtson's ideas with some etymologists in relation to the African dialect.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the roles of the Negro performers from the two provided interviews, "Conversation with James P. Johnson" by Tom Davin and an "Interview with Eubie Blake, October 16, 1973" by Nathan Irvin Huggins.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the relationships of the couples in "Sweat" and "Long Black Song" by Hurston and Wright respectively. Discuss what these two stories suggest about Negro couples and the Negro man in general.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what Locke means when he uses the term "American Negro". Also discuss how this term fits with his idea of Negroes behavior as a stereotype.

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