African-American Literature

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

A. Getting an education.
B. Fighting.
C. Making friends with the guards.
D. Contacting famous authors.

A. A Modernist poet
B. A performance poet
C. A classical poet
D. A traditional poet

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.

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.

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

A. Harriet Beecher Stowe
B. Richard Wright
C. Frederick Douglass
D. Phillis Wheatley

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

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.

A. Mystery.
B. Science Fiction.
C. Horror.
D. Tragedy.