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Category: African-American Literature
According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reconstructing black people into the “New Negro” has been a matter of_______________?
A. Redefining black people in terms of a presence, not an absence.
B. Working against the existing racist stereotypes.
C. A struggle ongoing since 1619.
D. All of the above
Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of character ?
A. Trickster
B. Victim
C. Representation of the slave master
D. “Uncle Tom” character who feels slavery is best for the African American
In Chapter 11 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, how does Malcolm X survive prison ?
A. Getting an education.
B. Fighting.
C. Making friends with the guards.
D. Contacting famous authors.
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.
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.
The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?
A. Resistance to the overseers.
B. Learning to be midwives.
C. Resistance against dehumanization.
D. Lower suicide rates.
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Cabin Tale,” which character is a trickster figure?
A. Weasel.
B. Bear.
C. The farmer.
D. The young boy.
The subject of Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is_______________?
A. Women’s rights.
B. Negro rights.
C. The right to keep one’s children.
D. The rights of farm hands.
E. A and B.
Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?
A. Harriet Beecher Stowe
B. Joel Chandler Harris
C. Richard Wright
D. Charles Chesnutt
What is the subject of Lucille Clifton’s “the lost baby poem” ?
A. A child dying of SIDS.
B. The stillborn death of a child.
C. Abortion.
D. A murdered child.
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