In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?

A. The scene invokes audience sympathy.
B. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial.
C. The heroine conquers her passions.
D. A and b

“The Day Duke Raised” by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because______________?

A. The poem’s rhythmic lines.
B. The references to jazz songs and musicians.
C. The poem can be set to music.
D. There is repetition.

In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, living underground is symbolic of_____________?

A. The narrator’s attempt to stay hidden.
B. The narrator’s desire to be safe.
C. The narrator’s invisibility to society.
D. The narrator’s attempt to stay out of prison.

The genre Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” is______________?

A. Mystery.
B. Science fiction.
C. Horror.
D. Tragedy.

The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?

A. African american art should exclude women.
B. African american images should inspire african americans.
C. African american art should subvert the art of europeans and white americans.
D. African american literature should replicate educated white language.

What was special about Zora Neale Hurston’s home town of Eatonville, Florida ?

A. It was home to the harlem renaissance.
B. Most of its inhabitants worked for white people.
C. It was primarily african american.
D. It was destroyed after the civil war.

Why was the “drop of blood” rule developed ?

A. To keep the slave offspring of white slave owners from inheriting.
B. To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for african americans.
C. To make sure mothers of mixed-race children got custody.
D. To keep white slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay for their children.

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.

What does the term “passing” mean ?

A. The ability of an african american to live as a white person.
B. To do well on one’s schoolwork.
C. To leave one’s past behind.
D. To gain approval from one’s community.

Etheridge Knight’s “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane,” what is Hard Rock’s function in the prison ?

A. To help the other inmates escape.
B. To win money by fighting.
C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do.
D. To keep the blacks and whites separated.