In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Cabin Tale,” which character is a trickster figure?
The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Fight” is__________?
The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” was influenced by__________?
The trickster figure is usually__________?
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Blue Dementia” is an example of what kind of poetry ?
Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show__________?
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
The term “Civil Disobedience” was coined by which author ?
The subject of Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is__________?
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?
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) ?
Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?
Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in what way ?
Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?
Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except__________?
In the poem “When Malindy Sings,” Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and caricature to “signify” on white assumptions about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gate’s term “signify” mean ?
According to Larry Neal, the primary goal of the Black Arts Movement is__________?
Native Son was written by__________?
One of the functions of protest poetry was to__________?
The fact that Claude McKay visited Russia in 1922 exemplifies the following theme of Modernism__________?
The theme of Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America” is__________?
Why is the couple in Arna Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” getting dressed up ?
Sonia Sanchez’s “right on: white america” is protesting__________?
Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ?
Race relations in the North are attacked in__________?
Who introduced the character of the “tragic mulatto” ?
Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was__________?
W.E.B. Du Bois argued that a liberal arts college education was needed for__________?
In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ?
In the United States, Reconstruction__________?
During the early 20th century, a black person’s purpose in passing might have been__________?
Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because__________?
Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage ?
Although different in tone, Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” and David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” are similar in what way ?
In Lucille Clifton’s “wishes for son,” the narrator lists what wishes her sons ?
W.E.B. Du Bois accuses Booker T. Washington of being__________?
Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except__________?
African American dialects grew out of__________?
In writing Beloved, Toni Morrison drew on what for inspiration ?
Slave narratives were shaped by__________?
Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of character ?
In Jean Toomer’s “Her Lips Are Copper Wires,” a kiss is compared to__________?
Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” ?
In “125th Street and Abomey,” Audre Lorde references images from __________?
What source did David Walker rely on the most for support in “Appeal in Four Articles” ?
What is the character of Delia most of afraid of in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” ?
Spirituals like “Go Down Moses” were important to African Americans because__________?
Arna Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” attacks the institution of__________?
David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” argues that__________?

What was the Great Migration ?

A. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.
B. When African Americans settled Liberia.
C. When slaves traveled the Underground Railroad.
D. When African Americans migrated to the South from the North.

Correct Answer: A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers. ✔

Last Updated: August 21, 2020