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Category: African-American Literature
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.
Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?
A. Narration of a deserved punishment.
B. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.
C. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.
D. The author’s father is often a white man.
What does the term “passing” mean ?
A. The ability of an African American to live as a White person.
B. To do well on one’s schoolwork.
C. To leave one’s past behind.
D. To gain approval from one’s community.
What is the character of Delia most of afraid of in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” ?
A. Rabid dogs.
B. Her husband.
C. Snakes.
D. Bertha.
The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________?
A. Bringing African culture to the United States.
B. Leaving the African peoples alone.
C. Writers who took African themes for their work.
D. Completing an oppressed people’s quest for freedom, liberty and democracy.
According to Larry Neal, the primary goal of the Black Arts Movement is_______________?
A. To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans.
B. To raise awareness of violence in African American youth.
C. To support the Back to Africa Movement.
D. To raise money for Sickle Cell Anemia research.
In Jean Toomer’s “Her Lips Are Copper Wires,” a kiss is compared to_______________?
A. A waterfall.
B. Electricity.
C. A war.
D. A factory.
In what way is Jane Toomer’s Cane an example of Modernism ?
A. Its fractured, collage effect.
B. Its insistence on plot.
C. Its focus on landscape.
D. Its focus on modern city life.
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.
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