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MCQs 1: In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “kitchenette building,” what is most important to the building’s inhabitants ?
Having a bathroom with warm water.
Following one’s dreams.
Getting food on the table.
Finding a mate.
MCQs 2: The narrator of Langston Hughes’s “Weary Blues” is describing__________________?
Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.
The call and response of an African American church congregation.
African American toasting on a city street corner.
Blues being played in a Harlem bar.
MCQs 3: What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ?
She tries to pass as White.
She washes clothes for White women.
She lets a man help her out.
She marries a Black man.
MCQs 4: According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reconstructing black people into the “New Negro” has been a matter of_______________?
Redefining black people in terms of a presence, not an absence.
Working against the existing racist stereotypes.
A struggle ongoing since 1619.
All of the above
MCQs 5: Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?
Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
Condemnation of the plantation myth.
Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
Insistence on desegregation.
MCQs 6: Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?
Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English
Make his written inaccessible to white audiences
To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers
Challenge American stereotypes about race
MCQs 7: Booker T. Washington’s message in Up from Slavery is_______________?
Whites should pay reparations to former slaves.
African Americans should acculturate to mainstream White culture.
White institutions should reform to meet African American needs.
African Americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated.
MCQs 8: For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift means_______________?
Rejecting all White assistance.
Allowing Whites to help African Americans to reach their potential.
Calling for violent uprisings.
Separating Blacks by income level
MCQs 9: The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, “We Wear the Mask,” represents_____________?
The persona that the characters show the world.
The carved masks of African gods.
Characters from the Bible.
Who the narrator wishes to be.
MCQs 10: In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery, Washington’s primary goal is to______________?
MCQs 11: The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?
Resistance to the overseers.
Learning to be midwives.
Resistance against dehumanization.
Lower suicide rates.
MCQs 12: Alice Walker’s story, “Everyday Use,” includes which “Womanist” concern ?
The importance of men to the African American family.
The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
The importance of African religious influence in America.
The importance of African American craftsmanship.
MCQs 13: Who is the author of the novel Passing ?
MCQs 14: Which of the following statements about slavery is true ?
Most slave children lived in two family homes.
Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.
Slaves were given limited civil rights.
Most slaves were not Christian.
MCQs 15: The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is_____________?
The theme of man against nature.
The theme of man against man.
The theme of heredity.
Nature as an invisible force.
MCQs 16: The “tragic mulatto” myth_________________?
Led to novels of passing.
Existed only in fiction by White authors.
Developed in the 20th century.
Existed only in fiction by female authors.
MCQs 17: Why did Marcus Garvey spearhead the “Back to Africa Movement” ?
Because in was cheaper to live in Africa.
Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
He was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.
He had to leave the country.
MCQs 18: Phillis Wheatley’s poetry is considered_____________?
MCQs 19: Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ______________?
MCQs 20: The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________?
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