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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.
Which of the following statements about slavery is true ?
A. Most slave children lived in two family homes.
B. Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.
C. Slaves were given limited civil rights.
D. Most slaves were not Christian.
Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?
A. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English
B. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences
C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers
D. Challenge American stereotypes about race
Spirituals like “Go Down Moses” were important to African Americans because_______________?
A. They showed that a hero would deliver them from slavery.
B. They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery.
C. They helped them do their work faster.
D. They were based on African songs.
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.
Etheridge Knight’s “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane,” what is Hard Rock’s function in the prison ?
A. To help the other inmates escape.
B. To win money by fighting.
C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do.
D. To keep the Blacks and Whites separated.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King advocates_______________?
A. Breaking the law.
B. Using violence when necessary.
C. Waiting for times to get better.
D. Disobeying unjust laws.
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.
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.
Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?
A. William Wells Brown
B. Richard Wright
C. Charles Chesnutt
D. Booker T. Washington
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