A. Having a bathroom with warm water.
B. Following one’s dreams.
C. Getting food on the table.
D. Finding a mate.
A. Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.
B. The call and response of an African American church congregation.
C. African American toasting on a city street corner.
D. Blues being played in a Harlem bar.
The narrator of Langston Hughes’s “Weary Blues” is describing__________________? Read More »
African-American Literature, English Literature Mcqs A. She tries to pass as White.
B. She washes clothes for White women.
C. She lets a man help her out.
D. She marries a Black man.
What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ? Read More »
African-American Literature, English Literature Mcqs A. Redefining black people in terms of a presence, not an absence.
B. Working against the existing racist stereotypes.
C. A struggle ongoing since 1619.
D. All of the above
A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
D. Insistence on desegregation.
A. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English
B. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences
C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers
D. Challenge American stereotypes about race
Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________? Read More »
African-American Literature, English Literature Mcqs A. Whites should pay reparations to former slaves.
B. African Americans should acculturate to mainstream White culture.
C. White institutions should reform to meet African American needs.
D. African Americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated.
Booker T. Washington’s message in Up from Slavery is_______________? Read More »
African-American Literature, English Literature Mcqs A. Rejecting all White assistance.
B. Allowing Whites to help African
Americans to reach their potential.
C. Calling for violent uprisings.
D. Separating Blacks by income level
For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift means_______________? Read More »
African-American Literature, English Literature Mcqs A. The persona that the characters show the world.
B. The carved masks of African gods.
C. Characters from the Bible.
D. Who the narrator wishes to be.
The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, “We Wear the Mask,” represents_____________? Read More »
African-American Literature, English Literature Mcqs A. Get an education.
B. Get a job.
C. To be clean.
D. To be a teacher
