Question 1 How did Ralph Ellison’s upbringing in Oklahoma affect his view of the

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Question 1

How did Ralph Ellison’s upbringing in Oklahoma affect his view of the world?

It made him believe his individual potential was unlimited

It helped him realize America would put limitations on him because of his race

It led him to embrace traditional European structures and forms in his writing

It made him feel disillusioned with America after experiencing racism as a youth

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Question 2

Most of Langston Hughes’ work focuses on which of the following population of African Americans?

Those who have moved west

Those living in urban settings

Those who have returned to Africa

Those living in the deep South

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Question 3

Why was the Communist party appealing to Langston Hughes and other black intellectuals and artists?

The Communist party advocated for racial unity among the working class

They thought a strong central government would help prevent the outbreak of war

The Communist party had cookies

People in the United States feared Communism, and they wanted to be part of a counterculture

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Question 4

What made Countee Cullen somewhat unique as a Harlem Renaissance writer?

His work is full of uses of black vernacular speech and urban dialogue

He wrote about the black experience, but did not use elements of black folk tradition

His drafts were extremely long, sometimes hundreds of pages

He remained a popular and successful artist for his whole life

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Question 5

Which of the following writers strongly valued traditional forms and structures in his work?

Countee Cullen

Ralph Ellison

Langston Hughes

W. E. B. Du Bois

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Question 6

Which of Booker T. Washington’s ideas did W. E. B. Du Bois most disagree with? Only one of these is a view Washington actually held.

Washington’s belief in achieving economic advancement before political equality

Washington’s dislike of African American vernacular and folk traditions

Washington’s support of the back-to-Africa and black nationalism movements

Washington’s endorsement of Communism for its focus on racial equality

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Question 7

Which American author did Ellison’s father name his son, Ralph Ellison, after?

Thoreau

Twain

Hawthorne

Emerson

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Question 8

Which response to prejudice, racism, and inequality did Ralph Ellison support?

Black nationalism

Back-to-Africa movement

Civil disobedience

Integration

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Question 9

Which of the following authors renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Africa?

Ralph Ellison

W. E. B. Du Bois

Countee Cullen

Langston Hughes

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Question 10

Which of the following was NOT an achievement of W. E. B. Du Bois?

Helped found the NAACP, the only black founder

Created Tuskegee University to educate young African Americans

Founded the Niagara Movement, the first black protest movement of the 20th century

Earned a PhD from Harvard, the first African American to do so

It made him believe his individual potential was unlimited

It helped him realize America would put limitations on him because of his race

It led him to embrace traditional European structures and forms in his writing

It made him feel disillusioned with America after experiencing racism as a youth

Explanation / Answer

Question 1

d. it helped him realize America would put limitations on him because of his race

Ralph Ellison (1952). The work explores the theme of man's search for his identity and place in society, as seen from the perspective of a black man in the New York City of the 1940's. In contrast to his contemporaries such as Richard Wright and James Baldwin, Ellison created characters who are dispassionate, educated, articulate and self-aware. Through the protagonist, Ellison explores the contrasts between the Northern and Southern varieties of racism and their alienating effect. The narrator is "invisible" in a figurative sense, in that "people refuse to see" him, and also experiences a kind of dissociation.

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