Literature Section 4 p.3/3

What did W. E. B. Du Bois note about Georgia Douglas Johnson’s work style?

• She avoided all creative risks.

• She only worked in one genre.

• She never produced anything noteworthy.

• She was always organized and predictable.

• She was not a “systematic worker” but could create things of unusual value and beauty.

Why did Johnson write her second collection, Bronze?

• to address issues of race after being criticized for not being race-conscious

• to focus only on women’s issues

• to write about nature

• to write a memoir

• to write for children

What criticism did Georgia Douglas Johnson receive, regarding her first book, The Heart of a Woman?

• It lacked specifics of women’s issues.

• It did not address women’s social roles.

• It failed to engage race issues.

• It lacked modern context.

• It was too lengthy.

Regarding the criticism Georgia Douglas Johnson received, Lorraine Elena Roses points out how this reflects which of the following?

• the need for writers to always focus on politics

• the demonization of women who wrote about race

• the hypocrisy of critics who were quick to disagree

• the dangers of ignoring literary tradition

• the fact that women of color were expected to identify as black or female but not both

What do the following lines in the poem “Shall I Say, ‘My Son, You’re Branded?’” represent?

• bright lights of promise and light

• the joy of childhood innocence

• change and resolution of souls

• obstacles and oppression

• the inevitability of personal failure

In “Shall I Say, ‘My Son, You’re Branded?’”, what is the author’s tone in the following lines? “Or shall I, with love prophetic, bid you dauntlessly arise. Spurn the handicap that clogs you, taking what the world denies,”

• nostalgic

• indifferent

• admonitory

• encouraging

• contemplative

According to “Shall I Say, ‘My Son, You’re Branded’?,” what should her son use to storm the fortress of prejudice and wrong?

• silent anger

• weapons of steel

• loud shouting

• harsh words

• faith that shall not falter

Georgia Douglas Johnson was deeply invested in using art to draw attention to, and theorize remedies for, the pain and destruction caused by racialized violence and which of the following?

• governmental indifference

• intersectionality of race and ethnicity

• gender identity discrimination

• government overreach

• radical political leadership

Langston Hughes was known as the “________ of Harlem.”

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Shakespeare

• Mark Twain

• Picasso

• Prince

Langston Hughes traveled to countries outside the United States in order to

• learn about different approaches to racial justice

• escape his fame

• find new musical instruments

• avoid writing poetry

• study classical literature