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Langston Hughes

The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1926

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Exam Answer Key

Multiple Choice

1. A (Paragraph 1)

2. C (Paragraph 13)

3. C (Various paragraphs)

4. B (Paragraphs 2 and 3)

5. D (Paragraph 12)

6. B (Paragraph 12)

7. D (Paragraphs 12, 13, 14)

8. C (Paragraph 14)

Long Answer

1. The common people are most closely connected to Black culture and are unconcerned with assimilating into white society. They embrace things like spirituals and jazz and maintain a sense of individuality apart from “American standardization.” (Paragraph 4)

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