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This character was responsible for trickery in stories in the African and Af-Am tradition.
Chief
Brer
Griot
Scribe
2
This was one of the earliest time periods in African American lit, there were not many authors.
Reconstruction
The Great Depression
The Civil War
Colonial Era
3
These are all
Stanzas
Oxymorons
Couplets
Antonyms
4
Quoting or making reference to another story is usually called...
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
5
These are all
Couplets
Irony
Antonyms
Synonyms
6
The refrain in Dr. King's I Have a Dream is the phrase...
I have a dream
We have arrived
This is our hope
Let freedom ring
7
Who is the implied "my people" in the spiritual Go Down, Moses?
African Americans
Moses
Jews
Langston Hughes
8
A short story...
Anecdote
Foreshadowing
Theme
Dialogue
9
The subject of a piece of writing
Point of View
Metaphor
Theme
Simile
10
The reason that a character does something is usually called their...
Allusion
Imagery
Motivation
Alliteration
11
Which of the following is a real form of pictographic writing?
Hieroglyphics
Picturese
Cooplaform
French
12
A universally understood or recognized symbol or idea is often called an...
Archetype
Allusion
Imagery
Motivation
13
The story Osebo's Drum gives us the reasoning for which of the following things?
Why leopards have spots
Where drums come from
Why turtles have shells
Why animals can't talk
14
What type of literary device is the line "Life is a broken-winged bird/that cannot fly?"
Dreams
Farming
Metaphor
Simile
15
An exaggerated form of exaggeration...
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Mood
16
Even though written during the Harlem Renaissance, Black Man Talks could possibly be about a...
banker
policeman
slave
poet
17
In Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech he makes many ________ to other writings and speeches.
Allusions
Elopements
Allegories
Assimilations
18
This time period was the time when it was hardest for most Americans to find jobs.
Civil Rights Movement
The Great Depression
Reconstruction
The Civil War
19
What type of literary device is the line "Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?"
Simile
Farming
Metaphor
Dreams
20
What is the tone of Ain't I a Woman?
Angry
Happy
Questioning
Triumphant
21
This is the time, or location of a story
Theme
Conflict
Oxymoron
Setting
22
Even though "life for me ain't been no crystal stair" what does the mother try to give her son?
Hope
Time
Dreams
Money
23
These are all
Couplets
Puns
Oxymorons
Stanzas
24
The development of a character is often called...
Oxymoron
Characterization
Setting
Conflict
25
This time period was the time when the African American art scene had a rebirth.
Reconstruction
The Civil War
Civil Rights Movement
The Harlem Renaissance
26
These people were responsible for the telling of stories in the African communities
Brer
Griot
Chief
Scribe
27
These are all
Couplets
Stanzas
Antonyms
Antonyms
28
The overall feeling of a story...
Symbolism
Anecdote
Mood
Foreshadowing
29
What is the purpose of a proverb?
To make someone look silly
To frustrate bad people
To confuse the reader
To teach a quick lesson
30
The reason that an author writes a piece of literature is usually called
Archetype
Purpose
Imagery
Motivation
31
What is the setting of Ain't I a Woman?
Colonialism
Reconstruction
Civil War
The Harlem Renn
32
Land/Understand, too/knew, and eye/dye are all examples of ______ in On Being...
Allusion
Internal Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
End Rhyme
33
What is the theme of the poems Harlem and Dreams by Langston Hughes?
Dreams
Farming
Simile
Metaphor
34
This time period was the time directly after the Civil War.
Civil Rights Movement
The Civil War
Reconstruction
The Great Depression
35
The main problem in a story is usually called the...
Oxymoron
Setting
Conflict
Characterization
36
Who is the main character in the spiritual Go Down, Moses?
African Americans
Langston Hughes
Abraham
Moses
37
What point of view is this?
4th
3rd
1st
2nd
38
Conversation between two or more characters
Metaphor
Theme
Dialogue
Anecdote
39
What point of view is this?
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
40
"She sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
Alliteration
Hyperbole
41
Vivid Description in a story shows an author's use of ...
Imagery
Allusion
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
42
A comparison of two things that are not alike...
Metaphor
Conflict
Oxymoron
Theme
43
The struggle for the freedom of African Americans was fought during which time period?
The Civil War
Colonial Era
Reconstruction
The Great Depression
44
The perspective from which a story is told...
Theme
Point of View
Dialogue
Metaphor
45
The theme of Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech is...
Revenge
Equality
Openness
Justice
46
A comparison of two things that are not alike that uses like or as...
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Theme
Simile
47
These people were responsible for the writing down of stories in the African communities
Griot
Chief
Scribe
Brer
48
What is the poem A Black Man Talks of Reaping about?
A poet
A sharecropper
A banker
A family in the North
49
How does the turtle manage to do what the other animals could not in Osebo's Drum?
He outsmarts the leopard
He overpowers the leopard
He beats the leopard in a poison drinking contest
He eats the leopard
50
The Route over the ocean on which the slaves were taken was called the
Second Route
Upper Path
Open Passage
Middle Passage
51
Where something means something else
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
Anecdote
52
A word that sounds like a sound
Symbolism
Anecdote
Mood
Onomatopoeia
53
These are all
Oxymorons
Antonyms
Couplets
Stanzas
54
A literary device that hints at future events
Theme
Mood
Foreshadowing
Anecdote
55
What is the tone of the poem Mother to Son?
Hopeful
Explosive
Optimistic
Dark
