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1) One of the functions of protest poetry was to________________? a. Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors. b. Encourage societies strive for equality for all. c. Extol the virtues of living in the free North. d. Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.
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2) The fact that Claude McKay visited Russia in 1922 exemplifies the following theme of Modernism_____________? a. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual. b. The wearing away of traditional class structures. c. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. d. The disassociated, anomic self.
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3) The theme of Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America” is_______________? a. Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians. b. Slaves should rebel against the Christian religion. c. Slaves are the children of Cain. d. Christians should free their slaves.
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4) Why is the couple in Arna Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” getting dressed up ? a. To go to a party. b. To go pay old man Stevenson. c. To end their lives. d. To go to church.
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5) Sonia Sanchez’s “right on: white america” is protesting________________? a. The extermination of Native Americans. b. That there is a Black America and a White America. c. Black on black violence. d. The fact that America still has a frontier mentality.
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6) Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ? a. Lucy Terry b. William Wells Brown c. Harriet Wilson d. Harriet Jacobs
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7) Race relations in the North are attacked in_______________? a. Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. b. Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig. c. William Wells Brown’s Clotel. d. Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
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8) Who introduced the character of the “tragic mulatto” ? a. William Wells Brown b. Lydia Maria Child c. Harriet Jacobs d. Harriet Beecher Stowe
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9) Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was____________? a. Based on a New England captivity narrative. b. An anonymous narrative. c. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child. d. Written by Jacob’s son.
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10) W.E.B. Du Bois argued that a liberal arts college education was needed for______________? a. The “Talented Tenth.” b. All African Americans. c. African American women. d. Only White Americans.
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11) In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ? a. Under the floorboards. b. With a friend. c. In the stables. d. In a remote cabin.
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12) In the United States, Reconstruction_______________? a. Is the time period that followed the Civil War. b. Describes the rebuilding after World War I. c. Refers to the Civil Rights movement. d. Took place only in the North.
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13) During the early 20th century, a black person’s purpose in passing might have been_________________? a. To obtain justice for black people. b. To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre. c. To escape from slavery. d. None of the above.
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14) Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________? a. He had known many “Biggers” in his life. b. He was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men. c. He was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites. d. He wanted to show African American males how not to live.
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15) Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage ? a. Jean Toomer b. Charles Chesnutt c. Booker T. Washington d. Frederick Douglass
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16) Although different in tone, Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” and David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” are similar in what way ? a. Their belief in necessary violence. b. Their belief that women should have equal rights. c. Their appeals to Christians. d. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves.
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17) In Lucille Clifton’s “wishes for son,” the narrator lists what wishes her sons ? a. That they learn from her mistakes. b. That they have richer lives than hers. c. That they have all they ever wished for themselves. d. That they experience all the pain and embarrassment of being a woman.
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18) W.E.B. Du Bois accuses Booker T. Washington of being______________? a. A Christian. b. A radical. c. An accomodationist. d. A coward.
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19) What was the Great Migration ? a. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers. b. When African Americans settled Liberia. c. When slaves traveled the Underground Railroad. d. When African Americans migrated to the South from the North.
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20) Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________? a. Strengthened the African American’s place in the world of literature b. Perpetuated stereotypes c. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences d. Showed that African Americans couldn’t speak properly.
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