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Why was the “drop of blood” rule developed ?
A. To keep the slave offspring of White slave owners from inheriting.
B. To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for African Americans.
C. To make sure mothers of mixed-race children got custody.
D. To keep White slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay for their children.
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.
In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
B. To explain his religious views.
C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.
All of the following are characteristics of the African American tradition of the toast except_____________?
A. Toasting is oral
B. Toasting is a male event
C. Toasting glorifies women
D. Toasting provides cultural identification
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
A. Cakewalk tunes.
B. Gospel.
C. Jazz.
D. Blues.
Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ______________?
A. 1804
B. 1865
C. 1848
D. 1807
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.
Alice Walker’s story, “Everyday Use,” includes which “Womanist” concern ?
A. The importance of men to the African American family.
B. The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
C. The importance of African religious influence in America.
D. The importance of African American craftsmanship.
Which is not a characteristic of Realism ?
A. Characters are not as important as plot.
B. Presentation is objective.
C. Ordinary language is used.
D. Events are plausible.
What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ?
A. She tries to pass as White.
B. She washes clothes for White women.
C. She lets a man help her out.
D. She marries a Black man.
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