Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ______________? A. 1804 B. 1865 C. 1848 D. 1807
The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________? A. Bringing African culture to the United States. B. Leaving the African peoples alone. C. Writers who took African themes for their work. D. Completing an oppressed people’s quest for freedom, liberty and democracy.
Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________? A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South. B. Condemnation of the plantation myth. C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery. D. Insistence on desegregation.
Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________? A. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English B. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers D. Challenge American stereotypes about race
