Harlem Renaissance

In the poem "We Wear the Mask," for what is the mask a metaphor?

• the behavior of whites towards blacks

• the long road ahead for African Americans

• religious faith

• the false exteriors being presented by African American people

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What does the dream in “Dream Variations” represent?

• The speaker’s longing for a place where he can express himself freely.

• The speaker’s love of the night.

• The speaker’s desire to be one with nature.

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Which lines from the poem best expresses the speaker's attitude toward oppression?

• "From awakening eyes in a black face ---" (Line 2)

• "I look then at the silly walls" (Line 6)

• "I look at my own body" (Line 11)

• "The let us hurry, comrades" (Line 15)

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“Gonna buy me a knife with / a blade ten inches long. / Shall I carve ma self or / that man that done me wrong?”

• Hip Hop

• Harlem Renaissance

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“Who is America? You, me! / We are America! / To the enemy who would conquer us from without, / We say, / NO! / To the enemy who would divide / And conquer us from within, / We say, NO!”

• Hip Hop

• Harlem Renaissance

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“Oh when I think of my long-suffering race, / For weary centuries despised, oppressed, / Enslaved and lynched, denied a human place”

• Hip Hop

• Harlem Renaissance

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“Never love with all your heart, / It only ends in aching; / And bit by bit to the smallest part / That organ will be breaking.”

• Hip Hop

• Harlem Renaissance

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“What though before us lies the open grave? / Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, / Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!”

• Hip Hop

• Harlem Renaissance

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What theme from the Harlem Renaissance is most apparent in the poem "We Wear the Mask"?

• Duality (twoness)

• Urbanity (city life)

• Mix of high/low culture

• Allusion

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Who wrote the poem "Theme for English B"? (Hint: he was the only black student in his class.)

• Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Scott Fitzgerald

• Jean Toomer

• Langston Hughes

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