In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “we real cool,” the Golden Shovel is_______________?

A. The name of a restaurant the pool players cannot enter.
B. A metaphor for colossal lies they have been buried with.
C. A metaphor for the pool players who are trying to dig out of their neighborhood.
D. The name of a pool hall.

The importance of Freedom’s Journal was____________?

A. It was the first african american novel.
B. It was the first african american newspaper.
C. It was published by frederick douglass.
D. It argued for a separate african american community in america.

Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?

A. Harriet beecher stowe
B. Joel chandler harris
C. Richard wright
D. Charles chesnutt

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.

Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

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.

Sekou Sundiata is considered what kind of poet ?

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

In Chapter 11 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, how does Malcolm X survive prison ?

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

All of the following are characteristics of the African American tradition of the toast except_____________?

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

Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with “what happens to a dream deferred” ?

A. Alice walker
B. Etheridge knight
C. Martin luther king, jr.
D. Langston hughes

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an indictment of slavery ?

A. Harriet beecher stowe
B. Richard wright
C. Frederick douglass
D. Phillis wheatley