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Harlem Poems: in the inner city & Incident

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A Quiz to review the historical context, figurative language, and common aspects of the poems, "in the inner city" by Lucille Clifton, and "Incident" by Countee Cullen

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1
What event refers to the demographic shift of African Am. from the South to Northern cities.
Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
Callendar's Migration
The Migration of the 20th Century
2
In the "Incident", what incident does the narrator describe?
Callendar's poetry lessons that inspired them to write poems
A lack of memory about Baltimore causing a health disorder
Their sadness from not seeing enough of Baltimore
Their exposure to racial discrimination in Balitmore
3
What literary device is used to indirectly scorn "the uptown" in "in the inner city"?
Overstatement
Apostrophe
Imagery
Callendar device
4
""in the inner city"" and ""Ïncident"" are from the perspective of ______.
a white business man
Mrs. Callendar
a African American child
the poet
5
Both poems are...?
from African American POVs
assigned to this group by Mrs. Callendar
Written in the Harlem Renaissance
emphasize racial discrimination
6
"in the inner city" uses ____ irony in descriptions of "the uptown".
Dramatic
Callendar
Verbal
Situational
7
"in the inner city" is a poem about _____.
The childhood trauma from racial discrimination
Mrs. Callendar's poetry analysis
how lovely the uptown is
Pride in black culture despite poverty & racial segregation
8
What theme is NOT present in the "Incident"?
Nostalgia
Racial discrimination
High school life
Trauma
9
What movement do the two poems represent?
The Civil War
Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
Mrs. Callendar's rise to fame
10
What literary device is present in the title, "Incident".
Callendarism
Personification
Metaphor
Understatement