Arna Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” attacks the institution of________________?
A. cropg.
B. Slavery.
C. Segregation.
D. Prostitution.
English Literature Mcqs
David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” argues that_________________?
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.
Slave owners resisted abolition for what reason ?
Slave owners resisted abolition for what reason ?
A. Slaveholders objected to losing leisure time.
B. Slaves outnumbered non-slaves and might rebel.
C. Slaveholders felt economic security rested on the system of slavery.
D. B and C.
E. A and C.
In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “we real cool,” the Golden Shovel is_______________?
In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “we real cool,” the Golden Shovel is_______________?
A. The name of a restaurant the pool players cannot enter.
B. A metaphor for colossal lies they have been buried with.
C. A metaphor for the pool players who are trying to dig out of their neighborhood.
D. The name of a pool hall.
The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Flight” is________________?
The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Flight” is________________?
A. The poem’s form of rhymed tetrameter couplets.
B. The poem shows her future work as a advocate of civil rights.
C. The poem is filled with Christian symbolism.
D. The fact that the poem is the most accurate account of the 1742 Indian-White engagement in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
What is the subject of Lucille Clifton’s “the lost baby poem” ?
What is the subject of Lucille Clifton’s “the lost baby poem” ?
A. A child dying of SIDS.
B. The stillborn death of a child.
C. Abortion.
D. A murdered child.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King advocates_______________?
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.
In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
B. To explain his religious views.
C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.
Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?
Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?
A. Harriet Beecher Stowe
B. Joel Chandler Harris
C. Richard Wright
D. Charles Chesnutt
The importance of Freedom’s Journal was____________?
The importance of Freedom’s Journal was____________?
A. It was the first African American novel.
B. It was the first African American newspaper.
C. It was published by Frederick Douglass.
D. It argued for a separate African American community in America.