A Black Man Talks of Reaping
A Raisin In The Sun
Chicago
Grammar
Myriad
100
Who is the speaker of the poem?
black farmer
100
Within the time frame of the play, whose dream was fulfilled?
Mama
100
What are the following phrases: HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, City of the Big Shoulders
various nicknames for Chicago
100
Choose the correct idefinite pronoun in the sentence below. If anyone is interested, have (him or her, them) see me.
him or her
100
The Works Cited page of your research paper is created by typing up the information from this?
source cards
200
What does the speaker's sowing represent in Bontemps' metaphor?
human effort
200
Lorraine Hansberry’s title, A Raisin in the Sun, is taken from a Langston Hughes poem. This is an example of what literary device?
allusion
200
This statement, "People love their native cities no matter how brutal and poverty stricken they are," represents which literary element?
theme
200
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below. Erin wandered into the pet store.
into the pet store
200
What makes a statement or takes a position which the entire paper will prove true?
thesis statement
300
The first stanza most strongly suggests that it has been the speaker's goal to achieve what?
security
300
Mama’s decision to move to a better neighborhood can best be described as an example of her belief in what?
American Dream
300
What literary device is used in the following line from “Chicago”? Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness
simile
300
Correct the grammar error in the sentence below. The RCA executives whom created the powerful NBC network were right to see that sizable profits would come from this new medium.
The RCA executives who created the powerful NBC network were right to see that sizable profits would come from this new medium.
300
When do you have to put the source (author and page) of your information in parentheses in the body of your research paper? A. when you paraphrase information from a source B. when you quote directly from a source C. when you use short phrases in quote marks D. all of the above.
D. all of the above.
400
The second stanza most strongly suggests that the speaker's ________ have far exceeded what he gets in return.
efforts
400
Mr. Lindner is a symbol of what aspect of society?
racial discrimination
400
Why does the speaker believe the bad things that people say about Chicago?
has witnessed them
400
Correct the grammar error in the sentence below. Advertising turned broadcasting into an industry, and the untapped potential of the airwaves begin to be realized.
Advertising turned broadcasting into an industry, and the untapped potential of the airwaves began to be realized.
400
What force within the African-American community is symbolized by Joseph Asaggi?
cultural traditions
500
all of the following threaten to spoil the speaker’s efforts of farming except for A. the wind. B. his own children. C. grain-eating fowl. D. “my brother’s sons.”
B. his own children.
500
What force within the African-American community is symbolized by George Merchison?
assimilation of white values
500
To which of these lines from “Chicago” would a reader respond with the sense of touch? A. “I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps” B. “Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling” C. “here is a tall bold slugger set vivid ” D. “under his wrist is the pulse”
D. “under his wrist is the pulse”
500
Rewrite the sentence adding commas where needed. Even in 1930 for example an hour’s advertising on nationwide radio to forty-seven cities cost $10,180.
Even in 1930, for example, an hour’s advertising on nationwide radio to forty-seven cities cost $10,180.
500
“Robert Frost.” Poets.org. 2007. Academy of American Poets. 8 Mar. 2007. < http:// www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/192>. What type of source does the above citation identify?
a webpage without an author
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