Unit 2 Mid Unit Review

Question 1

Claude McKay was American and ______________.

Accepted Answer

Jamaican

Question 2

What do Georgia Douglas Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, and Nella Larsen have in common?

Accepted Answer

They are all Harlem Renaissance writers., They all write about their own struggles., They are all female authors.

Question 3

Why wasn&#x27;t Zora Neale Hurston respected by male writers?

Accepted Answer

She did not write political messages about racism.

Question 4

Claude McKay is known for his poem:

Accepted Answer

"The Tropics in New York"

Question 5

What genre is the book Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham?

Accepted Answer

Biography

Question 6

Georgia Douglas Johnson is known for writing:

Accepted Answer

"The Heart of a Woman

Question 7

When you write your own life story it is called...

Accepted Answer

An autobiography

Question 8

What genre is the book Becoming by Michelle Obama?

Accepted Answer

Autobiography

Question 9

What genre is the book Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Accepted Answer

Biography

Question 10

What did Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston have in common?

Accepted Answer

Both traveled a lot.

Question 11

What is the reason for writing called?

Accepted Answer

Author&#x27;s purpose

Question 12

What genre is the book Ghandi: My Experiments with the Truth by Mohandas Ghandi?

Accepted Answer

Autobiography

Question 13

What theme best matches "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston?

Accepted Answer

Good conquers Evil

Question 14

What do we know about Nella Larsen?

Accepted Answer

She wrote about controversial subjects, such as passing for a white person., She was a mixed race woman who grew up in a white neighborhood.

Question 15

There is only one theme for every poem.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Nella Larsen is known for writing:

Accepted Answer

"Passing"

Question 17

Which is NOT an example of a theme?

Accepted Answer

Dreams

Question 18

What does it mean to "pass" according to Nella Larsen?

Accepted Answer

A light-skinned Black person pretending to be white.

Question 19

Claude McKay wrote "&#x27;Tis ten years since you died, mother, Just ten dark years of pain" in which of his poems?

Accepted Answer

"December, 1919"

Question 20

What do you need to make an inference when you read?

Accepted Answer

Context

Question 21

What was Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" about?

Accepted Answer

Sykes died by a snake he brought into the house to scare his wife, Deliah., Sykes was abusive and toxic towards Deliah in their marriage.

Question 22

How was Zora Neale Hurston different from the other female writers?

Accepted Answer

She was an anthropologist and wrote about the real stories of other people.

Question 23

What does it mean to be a Harlem Renaissance writer?

Accepted Answer

You have to be of Black ethnicity., You had to have your writing published in the 1920s.

Question 24

Which poem of Langston Hughes had the theme "follow your dreams"?

Accepted Answer

"Harlem", "Dreams"

Question 25

When someone else writes a story about your life it is called...

Accepted Answer

A biography

Question 26

Langston Hughes was known for writing:

Accepted Answer

"Harlem", "Let America be America Again", "Dreams"

Question 27

Zora Neale Hurston is known for writing:

Accepted Answer

"Their Eyes Were Watching God"

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