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Category: African-American Literature
The term “Civil Disobedience” was coined by which author ?
A. William Gates
B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Booker T. Washington
D. Alain Locke
Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?
A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?
A. The scene invokes audience sympathy.
B. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial.
C. The heroine conquers her passions.
D. A and B
E. B and C
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
A. The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.
B. To keep the lice away.
C. So that the other slaves would get along with her.
D. So she could sell it.
David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” argues that_________________?
A. The races should not intermarry.
B. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery.
C. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery.
D. Blacks should return to Africa.
The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?
A. African American art should exclude women.
B. African American images should inspire African Americans.
C. African American art should subvert the art of Europeans and White Americans.
D. African American literature should replicate educated White language.
Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?
A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
D. Insistence on desegregation.
Why did Marcus Garvey spearhead the “Back to Africa Movement” ?
A. Because in was cheaper to live in Africa.
B. Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
C. He was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.
D. He had to leave the country.
For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift means_______________?
A. Rejecting all White assistance.
B. Allowing Whites to help African
Americans to reach their potential.
C. Calling for violent uprisings.
D. Separating Blacks by income level
The narrator of Langston Hughes’s “Weary Blues” is describing__________________?
A. Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.
B. The call and response of an African American church congregation.
C. African American toasting on a city street corner.
D. Blues being played in a Harlem bar.
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