A. The importance of men to the African American family.
B. The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
C. The importance of African religious influence in America.
D. The importance of African American craftsmanship.
Related Mcqs:
- Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” ?
A. She is proud of her heritage.
B. She doesn’t want Maggie to have it.
C. She wants to display it for her friends to see.
D. She loves the beauty of it. - Alice Walker’s novels often explore the abuse experienced by African American women. What is the only abuse Celie does not experience The Color Purple ?
A. Betrayal by the educational system.
B. Betrayal by her sister.
C. Betrayal by her community.
D. Betrayal by a family member. - The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?
A. Narrative frame
B. Hortatory sermon
C. Snaring
D. Jamming - Who write the story “Story Teller” ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas Grey
D. Saki - David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” argues that_________________?
A. The races should not intermarry.
B. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery.
C. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery.
D. Blacks should return to Africa. - What source did David Walker rely on the most for support in “Appeal in Four Articles” ?
A. The Bible.
B. Greek history.
C. Slave narratives.
D. Abolitionist newspapers. - 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 ?
A. Their belief in necessary violence.
B. Their belief that women should have equal rights.
C. Their appeals to Christians.
D. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves. - In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
B. To explain his religious views.
C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest. - What is generally considered to be Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist ?
A. The effect of literature in enlightening the human mind
B. The effect of modern society on human suffering
C. The effect of the economy on women’s concerns
D. All of the above answers are correct. - In Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Library of Babel,” which of the following is NOT a major concern of the work ?
A. The short work speaks of the daunting search for truth and knowledge.
B. It is obsessed with the descriptions of an endless and ultimately incomprehensible library.
C. Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason.
D. The library is analogous to the universe.
