Arna Bontempts Bio

Who created a new genre in African-American literature?

• Arna BonTemps

• Langston Hughes

• Zora Neale Hurston

• James Baldwin

What is the title of Arna Bontemps historical novel published in 1936?

• Native Son

• Invisible Man

• Their Eyes Were Watching God

• Black Thunder

Who led the slave revolt depicted in 'Black Thunder'?

• Gabriel

• Nat Turner

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

What is the theme of the poem 'A Black Man Talks of Reaping'?

• War and Peace

• Love and Romance

• Agricultural Labor and Survival

• Nature and Environment

In what year did Arna Bontemps pass away?

• 1993

• 1963

• 1983

• 1973