English Literature Mcqs — Test 5
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Question 1
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?
Question 2
“The Day Duke Raised” by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because______________?
Question 3
In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, living underground is symbolic of_____________?
Question 4
The genre Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” is______________?
Question 5
The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?
Question 6
What was special about Zora Neale Hurston’s home town of Eatonville, Florida ?
Question 7
Why was the “drop of blood” rule developed ?
Question 8
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 ?
Question 9
What does the term “passing” mean ?
Question 10
Etheridge Knight’s “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane,” what is Hard Rock’s function in the prison ?