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African American Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Native Son was written by:
2. During the early 20th century, a black person's purpose in passing might have been:
3. In Nikki Giovanni's "The American Vision of Lincoln, " the poet argues that the Capitol needs a statue of ..... next to the one of Abraham Lincoln.
4. Race relations in the North are attacked in:
5. Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage?
6. In Chapter 11 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, how does Malcolm X survive prison?
7. David Walker's "Appeal in Four Articles" argues that:
8. The theme of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America" is:
9. In Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild, " The Tlick keep the humans happy by:
10. Yusef Komunyakaa's "Blue Dementia" is an example of what kind of poetry?
11. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, an indictment of slavery?
12. In the United States, Reconstruction:
13. W.E.B. Du Bois argued that a liberal arts college education was needed for:
14. What does the term "passing" mean?
15. Spirituals like "Go Down Moses" were important to African Americans because:
16. The supportive network of female slaves led to:
17. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail, " King advocates:
18. Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in .....
19. In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide?
20. Which of the following statements about slavery is true?
21. Uncle Julius is a character developed by:
22. In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "When Malindy Sings, " what kind of music is Malindy singing?
23. Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was:
24. What was special about Zora Neale Hurston's home town of Eatonville, Florida?
25. One of the functions of protest poetry was to:
26. Which is not a characteristic of Realism?
27. Phillis Wheatley's poetry is considered:
28. Why is the couple in Arna Bontemps's "A Summer Tragedy" getting dressed up?
29. Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?
30. In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown's Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair?
31. African American dialects grew out of:
32. Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" ?
33. Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to:
34. In writing Beloved, Toni Morrison drew on what for inspiration?
35. Arna Bontemps's "A Summer Tragedy" attacks the institution of:
36. In Jean Toomer's "Her Lips Are Copper Wires, " a kiss is compared to:
37. Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except:
38. W.E.B. Du Bois accuses Booker T. Washington of being:
39. In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, living underground is symbolic of:
40. The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is:
41. The genre Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild" is:
42. In Nella Larsen's novel Passing, why is Clare afraid to have another child?
43. The narrator of Langston Hughes's "Weary Blues" is describing:
44. The trickster figure is usually
45. Sekou Sundiata is considered what kind of poet?
46. Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of character?
47. In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery, Washington's primary goal is to:
48. The "tragic mulatto" myth:
49. In "125th Street and Abomey, " Audre Lorde references images from .....
50. The term "Civil Disobedience" was coined by which author?
51. The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" was influenced by:
52. Who introduced the character of the "tragic mulatto" ?
53. What is the subject of Lucille Clifton's "the lost baby poem" ?
54. All of the following are characteristics of the African American tradition of the toast except:
55. The importance of Freedom's Journal was:
56. What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig?
57. In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "A Cabin Tale, " which character is a trickster figure?
58. For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift means:
59. Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with "what happens to a dream deferred" ?
60. Slave narratives were shaped by:
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