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African-American Literature

All of the following are characteristics of the African American tradition of the toast except_____________?

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All of the following are characteristics of the African American tradition of the toast except_____________?

A. Toasting is oral
B. Toasting is a male event
C. Toasting glorifies women
D. Toasting provides cultural identification

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Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

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Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical undernings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

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“The Day Duke Raised” by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because______________?

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“The Day Duke Raised” by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because______________?

A. The poem’s rhythmic lines.
B. The references to jazz songs and musicians.
C. The poem can be set to music.
D. There is repetition.

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In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?

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In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?

A. The scene invokes audience sympathy.
B. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial.
C. The heroine conquers her passions.
D. A and B
E. B and C

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Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with “what happens to a dream deferred” ?

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Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with “what happens to a dream deferred” ?

A. Alice Walker
B. Etheridge Knight
C. Martin Luther King, Jr.
D. Langston Hughes

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The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?

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The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?

A. African American art should exclude women.
B. African American images should inspire African Americans.
C. African American art should subvert the art of Europeans and White Americans.
D. African American literature should replicate educated White language.

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