Homework Questions:
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• Explain:  "His very words are action words" (55).
• Explain:  "Every phase of Negro life is highly dramatized" (55).  Is this an accurate statement?

• Explain:  "The white man thinks in a written language and the Negro thinks in hieroglyphics" (56).

• According to Hurston, what are the "Negro's" three greatest contributions to language?

• Explain: "While he lives  and moves in the midst of a white civilization, every thing that he touches is re-interpreted for his own use" (63).

• Explain:  "An audience is a necessary part of any drama" (65).
• Explain:  "Love-making and fighting in all their branches are high arts" (65).

• Explain: "Musically speaking, the Jook is the most important place in America" (67).

• Explain:  "Everyone seems to think that the Negro is easily imitated when nothing is further from the truth" (70).
• Explain:  "There has been no genuine presentation of Negro songs to white audiences" (70).

• From whence, according to Hurston, does the "need to adorn" arise?

• Explain:  "There is always rhythm, but it is the rhythm of segments" (60).

• According to Hurston, how do white and black dancers differ?
• Explain:  "Negro folklore is not a thing of the past.  It is still in the making" (61).