In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
A. She is one-quarter Black.
B. She is one-eighth Black.
C. She is White.
D. She cannot be a slave.
In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Cabin Tale,” which character is a trickster figure?
A. Weasel.
B. Bear.
C. The farmer.
D. The young boy.
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. The poem is the first of many poems by Terry.
D. The poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.
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
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