Major writer of the Harlem Renaissance; famous for works like "Harlem"
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
The speaker of "The Weary Blues" has been listening to this instrument being played.
What is the piano?
100
This word means "rebirth."
What is renaissance?
100
In "On the Rainy River" the main character considers fleeing to this country to avoid the draft.
What is Canada?
100
Martin Luther King, Jr., says people sometimes react to oppression with violence. According to him, the idea of an eye for an eye "leaves everybody ________."
What is blind?
200
Female writer of the Harlem Renaissance who is famous for the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
200
In "My City" the speaker of the poem is going to miss this city when he dies.
What is Manhattan?
200
One or more repeated lines of poetry that function like the chorus of a song
What is a refrain?
200
Where did Norman Morisson light himself on fire?
What is in front of the Pentagon?
200
According to Malcom X, people may need to use violence to protect themselves in this situation.
What is when the government won't protect its own citizens?
300
Minnesota native who is famous for the novel The Things They Carried which tells stories of soldiers in the Vietnam war
Who is Tim O'Brien?
300
In "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston develops an anology. This is what the colored bags represent.
What are different skin colors?
300
"If We Must Die" and "My City" are examples of this 14 line poem format
What is sonnet?
300
In "On the Rainy River" Tim O'Brien worked a job doing this.
What is butchering hogs?
300
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., the best way to fight oppression is through __________.
What is nonviolent resistance?
400
In the book Coming of Age in Mississippi, this author tells of a protest she was involved in during college
Who is Anne Moody?
400
In McKay's "If We Must Die," the speaker says his people should not die like this type of animal.
What are hogs?
400
The writer's attitude toward his/her subject
What is tone?
400
In "On the Rainy River" Tim 'O Brien is given the opportunity to escape across the river when he and Elroy are using this type of transportation.
What is a boat?
400
In the excerpt from Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody tells of her experience taking part in a sit-in at this store's lunch counter.
What is Woolworth's?
500
This poet of "If We Must Die," was called the "poet of rebellion" by James Weldon Johnson.
Who is Claude McKay?
500
Langston Hughes ask what happens to a dream deferred. The last line suggests, "Or, does it _________?"
What is explode?
500
The term for a main idea that is suggested or hinted at by the details of a text
What is an implicit idea?
500
In "On the Rainy River" Tim O' Brien says he was a ____ because he went to war.
What is coward?
500
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., some people deal with oppression by being passive and just taking it. The term for this is _____________.