The trickster figure is usually_______________?
A. Amoral (neither good nor evil)
B. Christian
C. Evil
D. None of these
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
A. She is one-quarter Black.
B. She is one-eighth Black.
C. She is White.
D. She cannot be a slave.
Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Blue Dementia” is an example of what kind of poetry ?
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
Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?
Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?
A. That female slaves were escag more frequently than men.
B. How slavery was worse for men.
C. How females were affected by slavery.
D. That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
A. Cakewalk tunes.
B. Gospel.
C. Jazz.
D. Blues.
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
A. The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.
B. To keep the lice away.
C. So that the other slaves would get along with her.
D. So she could sell it.
The term “Civil Disobedience” was coined by which author ?
The term “Civil Disobedience” was coined by which author ?
A. William Gates
B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Booker T. Washington
D. Alain Locke
The subject of Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is_______________?
The subject of Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is_______________?
A. Women’s rights.
B. Negro rights.
C. The right to keep one’s children.
D. A and B.
E. The rights of farm hands.
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?
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
Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?
Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?
A. So the author could get paid.
B. In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.
C. So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.
D. So that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.