African-American Literature

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

A. Get an education.
B. Get a job.
C. To be clean.
D. To be a teacher