This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > African American > 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. Native Son was written by: A) Jean Toomer. B) Richard Wright. C) Ralph Ellison. D) James Baldwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Wright. 2. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre. 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. A) W.E.B. DuBois. B) Amiri Baraka. C) Booker T. Washington. D) Frederick Douglass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frederick Douglass. 4. Race relations in the North are attacked in: A) Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. B) Harriet Wilson's Our Nig. C) William Wells Brown's Clotel. D) Toni Morrison's Beloved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harriet Wilson's Our Nig. 5. Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage? A) Jean Toomer. B) Charles Chesnutt. C) Booker T. Washington. D) Frederick Douglass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Booker T. Washington. 6. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting an education. 7. David Walker's "Appeal in Four Articles" argues that: A) The races should not intermarry. B) Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery. C) Blacks have the duty to resist slavery. D) Blacks should return to Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blacks have the duty to resist slavery. 8. The theme of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America" is: A) Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians. B) Slaves should rebel against the Christian religion. C) Slaves are the children of Cain. D) Christians should free their slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians. 9. In Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild, " The Tlick keep the humans happy by: A) Supplying them with narcotic eggs. B) Letting them choose their own mates. C) Freeing the males after they are hosts. D) Paying them very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supplying them with narcotic eggs. 10. Yusef Komunyakaa's "Blue Dementia" is an example of what kind of poetry? A) Protest poetry. B) Romantic poetry. C) Lyric poetry. D) Jazz poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jazz poetry. 11. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, an indictment of slavery? A) Harriet Beecher Stowe. B) Richard Wright. C) Frederick Douglass. D) Phillis Wheatley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harriet Beecher Stowe. 12. In the United States, Reconstruction: A) Is the time period that followed the Civil War. B) Describes the rebuilding after World War I. C) Refers to the Civil Rights movement. D) Took place only in the North. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the time period that followed the Civil War. 13. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The "Talented Tenth.". 14. What does the term "passing" mean? A) The ability of an African American to live as a White person. B) To do well on one's schoolwork. C) To leave one's past behind. D) To gain approval from one's community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability of an African American to live as a White person. 15. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery. 16. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resistance against dehumanization. 17. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disobeying unjust laws. 18. Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ..... A) 1804. B) 1865. C) 1848. D) 1807. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1865. 19. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a friend. 20. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most slave children lived in two-family homes. Next →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAfrican American Literature Quiz 2African American Literature Quiz 3African American Literature Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books