Which is not a characteristic of Realism ?

A. Characters are not as important as plot.
B. Presentation is objective.
C. Ordinary language is used.
D. Events are plausible.

In Nella Larsen’s novel Passing, why is Clare afraid to have another child ?

A. She almost died in childbirth with her first child.
B. She doesn’t want to lose her figure.
C. Her husband has threatened to leave her.
D. She is afraid it may have dark skin.

In what way is Jane Toomer’s Cane an example of Modernism ?

A. Its fractured, collage effect.
B. Its insistence on plot.
C. Its focus on landscape.
D. Its focus on modern city life.

In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “kitchenette building,” what is most important to the building’s inhabitants ?

A. Having a bathroom with warm water.
B. Following one’s dreams.
C. Getting food on the table.
D. Finding a mate.

In Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild,” The Tlick keep the humans happy by_______________?

A. Supplying them with narcotic eggs.
B. Letting them choose their own mates.
C. Freeing the males after they are hosts.
D. Paying them very well.

Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?

A. Discussion of race relations in the north and south.
B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
D. Insistence on desegregation.

According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reconstructing black people into the “New Negro” has been a matter of_______________?

A. Redefining black people in terms of a presence, not an absence.
B. Working against the existing racist stereotypes.
C. A struggle ongoing since 1619.
D. All of the above

What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ?

A. She tries to pass as white.
B. She washes clothes for white women.
C. She lets a MAN help her out.
D. She marries a black MAN.

The narrator of Langston Hughes’s “Weary Blues” is describing__________________?

A. Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.
B. The call and response of an african american church congregation.
C. African american toasting on a city street corner.
D. Blues being played in a harlem bar.

Booker T. Washington’s message in Up from Slavery is_______________?

A. Whites should pay reparations to former slaves.
B. African americans should acculturate to mainstream white culture.
C. White institutions should reform to meet african american needs.
D. African americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated.