A. They showed that a hero would deliver them from slavery.
B. They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery.
C. They helped them do their work faster.
D. They were based on African songs.
Related Mcqs:
- Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except______________?
A. To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners
B. To ease their pain
C. To pray for deliverance
D. To show that they were content in their work - 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 ?
A. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.
B. Fixing words with very specific meanings.
C. Making sure that what is written makes sense.
D. Lying to mislead the reader. - Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?
A. William Wells Brown
B. Richard Wright
C. Charles Chesnutt
D. Booker T. Washington - In Saul Bellow’s novel Herzog (1964), Moses Herzog is a________________?
A. Christian
B. Hindu
C. Jew
D. Afro-American - This person was captured by Native Americans but saved by Pocahontas _______________?
A. Joseph Smith, Jr
B. Jerry Smith
C. Hiram Smith
D. John Smith - Maria Steward believe that black woman are crucial to the uplift of black Americans. Why ?
A. They have the power to fix things themselves
B. Men are more powerful
C. Both are correct
D. None of the above - Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the “most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world.” Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery ?
A. They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government.
B. They are not provided with adequate education.
C. They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.
D. Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men. - This group of Native Americans left behind a legend about creation using pictographs_____________?
A. Apache
B. Delaware
C. Sioux
D. Inuit - This group of Native Americans believed that corn was crucial to creation ?
A. Teton
B. Cherokee
C. Utes
D. Navajo - 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.
