This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > African American Literature > African American Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books African American Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Malcolm X discover when he was in jail? A) Christianity. B) Nation of Islam. C) The Jewish faith. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nation of Islam. 2. The dialogue between a singer / storyteller and the audience. A) Proverbs. B) Folk Tales. C) Call and Response. D) Anansi the Spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call and Response. 3. In the language of the railroad, who helped slaves escape? A) Harriet Tubman. B) Station Masters. C) Passengers. D) Conductors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conductors. 4. The first popular Slave Narrative published by a former enslaved person was by ..... A) Phillis Wheatley. B) Benjamin Banneker. C) Fredrick Douglass. D) Olaudah Equiano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olaudah Equiano. 5. The blues is based on an African-American vocal tradition that goes back to the days of ..... A) Jazz. B) The American Civil War. C) Pioneers. D) Slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slavery. 6. African American Literature is a full year course. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. The process in which a Black person became the lifetime property of a white businessowner/merchant/farmer. A) Chattel Slavery. B) Spirituals. C) Indentured Servitude. D) The Trail of Tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chattel Slavery. 8. How important is attendance to this course? A) You only have to come once a week to keep up. B) Attendance is VITAL to your success in this course. C) You don't really have to worry about it. Just do the work in Canvas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attendance is VITAL to your success in this course. 9. "Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks." Who do you think said this? A) Martin Luther King, Jr. B) Malcolm X. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm X. 10. Non religious texts like proverbs, folk tales, and narrative tales A) Pyramid Texts. B) Hymns. C) Secular Songs / Texts. D) Sarcophagus Texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secular Songs / Texts. 11. Who was the U.S. Poet Laureate in the 1850s? A) Phillis Wheatley. B) Sojourner Truth. C) Olaudah Equiano. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 12. Until it ended in 1860s, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade brought approximately how many slaves to the United States? A) 50, 000. B) 100, 000. C) 300, 000. D) 300, 500, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300, 000. 13. What branch of the military did Ms. Wilson serve in? A) Navy. B) Army. C) Marines. D) Airforce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navy. 14. Required readings texts that are related to the course but optional to read. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. ..... was told by his teacher that being a lawyer may not be realistic, because he was African-American. A) Martin Luther King, Jr. B) Malcolm X. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malcolm X. 16. Slave ..... by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Olaudah Equiano, and other writers told the harrowing real-life experiences of slaves' lives. A) Poetry. B) Narratives. C) Journalism. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narratives. 17. Which speech did we read by Frederick Douglass? A) "In the Land of the Free". B) "The World Needs All Kinds of Minds". C) "What the Black Man Wants". D) "What Is the Slave to the Fourth of July?". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "What Is the Slave to the Fourth of July?". 18. In class, we watched a video featuring several different people reading parts of Douglass's "What Is the Slave to the Fourth of July" speech. Who were the speakers? A) Historians. B) Douglass's descendants. C) Actors. D) Academic scholars specializing in African-American studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Douglass's descendants. 19. How did the Amistad captives get recaptured? A) The police came and arrested them. B) An American naval ship came to save the crew. C) They were caught on camera. D) An old Native American man saw the captives stealing food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An American naval ship came to save the crew. 20. Worksongs are ..... A) Songs sung by slave overseers to make the enslaved people afraid and working. B) Songs sung by the enslaved, made of narrative rhymes, used during work or play. C) Songs sung by white slave owners to keep their property quiet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Songs sung by the enslaved, made of narrative rhymes, used during work or play. 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