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Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?


aNarration of a deserved punishment.


bDepictions of a beautiful rural environment.


cDescriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.


dThe author’s father is often a white man.



Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in what way ?


aStowe’s novel is sentimental.


bStowe describes the treatment of slaves.


cStowe describes the escape of slaves.


dUncle Tom’s Cabin was used by abolitionists.



Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?


aWilliam Wells Brown


bRichard Wright


cCharles Chesnutt


d Booker T. Washington


View Answer Charles Chesnutt

Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?


a So the author could get paid.


bIn order for people to believe the events in the narratives.


cSo that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.


dSo that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.



In Nikki Giovanni’s “The American Vision of Lincoln,” the poet argues that the Capitol needs a statue of _____________next to the one of Abraham Lincoln?


aW.E.B. DuBois


bAmiri Baraka


c Booker T. Washington


dFrederick Douglass


View Answer Frederick Douglass

The subject of Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is_______________?


aWomen’s rights.


bNegro rights.


cThe right to keep one’s children.


dA and B.


View Answer A and B.

The term “Civil Disobedience” was coined by which author ?


aWilliam Gates


bHenry David Thoreau


cBooker T. Washington


dAlain Locke


View Answer Henry David Thoreau

In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?


aThe mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.


bTo keep the lice away.


cSo that the other slaves would get along with her.


dSo she could sell it.



In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?


aCakewalk tunes.


bGospel


cJazz


dBlues


View Answer Gospel

Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?


a That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.


bHow slavery was worse for men.


cHow females were affected by slavery.


dThat female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.



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