The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Fight” is ____?
A. The poem is the first-known writing of an African American
B. The poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley
C. Both
D. The poetry focuses on slave life
The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” was influenced by _____?
A. Her relationship with a patron
B. Her mother
C. Her best friend
D. Her job as a waitress
The trickster figure is usually ___?
A. Amoral (neither good nor evil)
B. Christian
C. Evil
D. None of these
Who wrote Hero and Leander?
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. ben jonson
C. john webster
D. thomas kyd
Who wrote The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus?
A. thomas kyd
B. ben jonson
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. william shakespeare
Who wrote Dido, Queen of Carthage?
A. william langland
B. john bunyan
C. geoffrey chaucer
D. Christopher Marlowe
Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Blue Dementia” is an example of what kind of poetry ?
A. Protest poetry
B. Romantic poetry
C. Lyric poetry
D. Jazz poetry
Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show ______?
A. That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.
B. How slavery was worse for men.
C. How females were affected by slavery.
D. That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
A. Cakewalk tunes.
B. Gospel.
C. Jazz.
D. Blues.
In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
A. The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel
B. To keep the lice away
C. So that the other slaves would get along with her
D. So she could sell it
