Unit 3 Test Preview

Which of the following contributed to the "Great Migration" of African Americans from Southern states to Northern states during the early twentieth century?

• Oppressive "Jim Crow" laws in the South that enforced racial segregation

• Heat and humidity in the South were too unbearable to live in

• Industrial jobs and a more racially-tolerant environment in the North

• Both A and C

The term "Harlem Renaissance" refers to...

• A neighborhood in Harlem.

• A wave of new ideas in African American arts and literature during the early twentieth century.

• Greek and Roman influence on African American arts and culture.

• A globe-trotting basketball team

In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask", what does the mask symbolize? 

• Skin color

• The pain of racial discrimination

• The "face" that African Americans put on to make society think that nothing is wrong

• Racist groups like the Klu Klux Klan

In "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, which of the following lines best contributes to the theme of having to hide one's true feelings from the outside world?

• "But let the world dream otherwise"

• "In counting all our tears and sighs"

• "And the mouth with myriad subtleties"

• "Beneath our feet, and long the mile"

How to both images portrayed of eating at the table contribute to the poem's theme in Langston Hughes' "I, Too"?

• They show that the speaker didn't mind eating in the kitchen

• They show the hope for progress in race relations in American culture

• They show that the speaker feels regret for laughing in the kitchen

• None of these

In Langston Hughes' "I, Too", the lines "I, too, sing America" and "I, too, am America" is meant to cause what effect?

• To make the reader feel patriotic

• To reinforce for the reader a feeling of inclusiveness and harmony with American culture

• To make the reader hate America

• To reinforce for the reader the idea that African American culture is an important part of overall American culture

In "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the "caged bird" symbolizes

• The African American community

• Prisoners

• Women trapped in bad marriages

• A plea toward heaven

In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy" how do the contrasting images of springtime and a caged bird in the first stanza set up the theme of the poem?

• Springtime represents warmth, and the cage represents cold, so it reflects the Great Migration

• The cage represents being an innocent prisoner, and the springtime represents their hopes for parole

• Springtime represents renewal, and the cage represents staying where you are

• The cage represents what things really are, and springtime represents the way the speaker wishes they were

In "Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes, what image does the line "To fling my arms wide" suggest?

• Confinement and captivity

• Expansiveness and freedom

• Human flight

• All of the above

In "Dream Variations," by Langston Hughes, what do the dreams described symbolize?

• The dream is a metaphor for the basic freedoms that people long for: the freedom to just be, both physically and spiritually

• The dream is a metaphor for the carefree days of childhood and the speaker wishes they could be a child again

• The dream is a metaphor for life and death, with the dancing representing life and the evening coming on, representing death

• The dream is a metaphor for the peace and happiness of summertime