Vocab from "America"
Claude McKay
McKay's Eduction
Career
Facts
100
What does “cultured” mean?
characterized by refine taste or good education.
100
Who inspired Claude McKay?
What is Booker T. Washington
100
Who gave him his first real education?
What is His older brother
100
What publication was McKay the editor for?
What is the Liberator
100
What organization did McKay work for?
What is Youth Christian Organization
200
What does “vigor” mean?
What is physical strength.
200
What country is Claude McKay from?
What is Jamaica
200
Why did McKay leave his trade school?
What is There was an earthquake
200
What two volumes of dialect verse did he write?
What is Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads
200
What two things led to McKay's physical decline?
What is high blood pressure and heart disease.
300
What does “malice” mean?
What is the intention to do evil.
300
What year McKay become an American citizen?
What is 1940
300
Where did he first encounter racism?
What is Tuskegee Institute
300
How did Jekyll encourage McKay to write?
What is dialect verse?
300
How did McKay die?
What is heart failure
400
What is the definition of “jeer”?
What is to make rude or mocking remarks.
400
How many kids are in McKays family?
What is 11
400
Where did he first attend college?
What is Tuskegee Institute
400
What was the basis of his writing?
What is racism and the working class
400
What did McKay invest in with the money for Jekyll?
What is a restaurant
500
What does “unerring” mean?
What is always right.
500
Who became McKays mentor?
What is Walter Jekyll
500
After McKay left Tuskegee where did he go to school?
What is Kansas State University
500
He wrote publications for what kind of publications?
What is the left wing
500
McKay left what religion to become Catholic?
What is agnosticism.
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