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Read the following excerpt from quot;Theme for English Bquot; by Langston Hughes before you choose your answer. quot;The instructor said, Go home...
1.
Read the following excerpt from "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes before you choose your answer.
"The instructor said,
Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you—
Then, it will be true.
I wonder if it's that simple?
I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem.
I went to school there, then Durham, then here
to this college on the hill above Harlem."
In this excerpt, the author uses italics to (5 points)
suggest an underlying motivation on behalf of the instructor
signify the importance of the assignment to the student's success
emphasize the difficulty of the assignment length and expectations
indicate the separation of the instructor's words and speaker's thoughts
2.
Read the following excerpt from "Incident" by Countee Cullen before you choose your answer.
"Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.'
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember."
Which rhetorical device does the author employ in these lines? (5 points)
Understatement
Metaphor
Shift in tone
Allusion
3.
Read the following excerpt from "America" by Claude McKay before you choose your answer.
"Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,"
Which rhetorical device does the author employ in these lines? (5 points)
Irony
Metaphor
Understatement
Allusion
5.
Read the following excerpt from "Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen before you choose your answer.
"That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
Not everlastingly while others sleep
Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute,
Not always bend to some more subtle brute.
We were not made eternally to weep."
According to the speaker, the oppressed (5 points)
accept, even embrace, a life of sorrow
have earned the difficulties they face
deserve contentment, not sorrow
are unaware of their own suffering
6.
Read the poem "Incident" by Countee Cullen before you choose your answer.
"Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me.
Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.'
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember."
Which of the following best describes the poem as a whole? (5 points)
A sentimental declaration describing the culture of an era
A candid reflection recounting a shocking incident in the life of the speaker
A contemplative meditation describing the speaker's childhood with humor
A philosophical rant describing a conflict the speaker experienced
7.
Read the following passages before you choose your answer.
Passage One: From "America" by Claude McKay
"Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate,
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand."
Passage Two: From "Incident" by Countee Cullen
"Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.'
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember."
Which statement best describes the relationship between the two passages? (5 points)
Passage One and Passage Two portray speakers who are bitter about the inequality they experienced.
Passage One portrays the speaker as conflicted, while Passage Two portrays the speaker as detached.
Passage One and Passage Two portray speakers who are accepting of the inequality they experienced.
Passage One portrays the speaker as bitter, while Passage Two portrays the speaker as disheartened.
8.
Read the following excerpt from "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes before you choose your answer.
"Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
I like a pipe for a Christmas present,
or records—Bessie, bop, or Bach.
I guess being colored doesn't make me not like
the same things other folks like who are other races.
So will my page be colored that I write?"
In this excerpt, the author's tone is best described as (5 points)
harsh and strident
informal and matter-of-fact
sentimental and mournful
enthusiastic and optimistic
9.
Read the following passages before you choose your answer.
Passage One: From "The Criteria of Negro Art" by W.E.B. Du Bois
"Thus all Art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care for any art that is not used for propaganda. But I do care when propaganda is confined to one side while the other is stripped and silent."
Passage Two: From "How It Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston
"But I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all but about it. Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world--I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slavery is sixty years in the past. The operation was successful and the patient is doing well, thank you. The terrible struggle that made me an American out of a potential slave said 'On the line!' The Reconstruction said 'Get set!' and the generation before said 'Go!' I am off to a flying start and I must not halt in the stretch to look behind and weep..."
Which statement best describes the relationship between the two passages? (5 points)
Passage Two summarizes Passage One's claim.
Passage Two is an example of Passage One's claim.
Passage Two is unrelated to Passage One's claim.
Passage Two contradicts Passage One's claim.
10.
Read the following excerpt from "Dark Tower" by Claude McKay before you choose your answer.
"We shall not always plant while others reap
The golden increment of bursting fruit,
Nor always countenance, abject and mute,
That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
Not everlastingly while others sleep
Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute,
Not always bend to some more subtle brute.
We were not made eternally to weep.
The night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,
White stars, is no less lovely being dark;
And there are buds that cannot bloom at all
In light, but crumple, piteous, and fall.
So in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds,
And wait, and tend our agonizing needs."
In context, the expression "beguile their limbs," is best interpreted as (5 points)
to deceive and pacify
to disturb and punish
to exact revenge
to comfort and appease
11.
Read the excerpt from the poem "Incident" by Countee Cullen before you choose your answer.
"Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me."
In this excerpt, the author's tone is best described as (5 points)
harsh and strident
enthusiastic and optimistic
informal and analytical
dark and foreboding
