Negritude Movement Quiz

Who are the three main figures associated with the Negritude movement?

• Leopold Senghor, Aime Cesaire, and Leon Damas

• Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Jane Nardell

• Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks

• Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Hegel

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What was the primary focus of the Negritude movement?

• Affirmation and valuation of black peoples and experiences

• Promoting European values

• Supporting colonialism

• Advocating for a post-racial society

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Where did the founders of Negritude meet and share their experiences?

• Dakar

• Paris

• London

• New York

Which movements influenced the founders of Negritude?

• The Enlightenment and the Romantic Movement

• The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution

• The Harlem Renaissance and the Haitian Renaissance

• The Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party

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What was the role of poetry in the Negritude movement?

• To fight oppression with artistic expression

• To create a post-racial society

• To promote European ideals

• To support colonial narratives

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What did the term 'Negritude' originally reclaim?

• A European philosophical term

• A historical event

• A French slur for black people

• A colonial title

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How did Jean-Paul Sartre view the Negritude movement?

• As a support for colonialism

• As a purely poetic movement

• As an intermediate step towards a post-racial society

• As a final goal for black identity

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What philosophical framework did Sartre use to interpret Negritude?

• Marxist theory

• Hegelian dialectic

• Postmodernism

• Existentialism

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What was Senghor's objection to Sartre's interpretation of Negritude?

• That it was too philosophical

• That it supported colonialism

• That it denied the universal black experience

• That it was too poetic

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What is a modern debate related to the principles of Negritude?

• Whether to address black oppression through race or class

• Whether to support colonialism

• Whether to promote European values

• Whether to create a post-racial society