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Which of the following contributed to the "Great Migration" of African Americans from Southern states to Northern states during the early twentieth century?

• Oppressive "Jim Crow" laws in the South that enforced racial segregation

• Heat and humidity in the South were too unbearable to live in

• Industrial jobs and a more racially-tolerant environment in the North

• Both A and C

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The term "Harlem Renaissance" refers to...

• A neighborhood in Harlem.

• A wave of new ideas in African American arts and literature during the early twentieth century.

• Greek and Roman influence on African American arts and culture.

• A globe-trotting basketball team

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In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask", what does the mask symbolize? 

• Skin color

• The pain of racial discrimination

• The "face" that African Americans put on to make society think that nothing is wrong

• Racist groups like the Klu Klux Klan

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In "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, which of the following lines best contributes to the theme of having to hide one's true feelings from the outside world?

• "But let the world dream otherwise"

• "In counting all our tears and sighs"

• "And the mouth with myriad subtleties"

• "Beneath our feet, and long the mile"

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How to both images portrayed of eating at the table contribute to the poem's theme in Langston Hughes' "I, Too"?

• They show that the speaker didn't mind eating in the kitchen

• They show the hope for progress in race relations in American culture

• They show that the speaker feels regret for laughing in the kitchen

• None of these

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In Langston Hughes' "I, Too", the lines "I, too, sing America" and "I, too, am America" is meant to cause what effect?

• To make the reader feel patriotic

• To reinforce for the reader a feeling of inclusiveness and harmony with American culture

• To make the reader hate America

• To reinforce for the reader the idea that African American culture is an important part of overall American culture

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In "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the "caged bird" symbolizes

• The African American community

• Prisoners

• Women trapped in bad marriages

• A plea toward heaven

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In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy" how do the contrasting images of springtime and a caged bird in the first stanza set up the theme of the poem?

• Springtime represents warmth, and the cage represents cold, so it reflects the Great Migration

• The cage represents being an innocent prisoner, and the springtime represents their hopes for parole

• Springtime represents renewal, and the cage represents staying where you are

• The cage represents what things really are, and springtime represents the way the speaker wishes they were

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In "Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes, what image does the line "To fling my arms wide" suggest?

• Confinement and captivity

• Expansiveness and freedom

• Human flight

• All of the above

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In "Dream Variations," by Langston Hughes, what do the dreams described symbolize?

• The dream is a metaphor for the basic freedoms that people long for: the freedom to just be, both physically and spiritually

• The dream is a metaphor for the carefree days of childhood and the speaker wishes they could be a child again

• The dream is a metaphor for life and death, with the dancing representing life and the evening coming on, representing death

• The dream is a metaphor for the peace and happiness of summertime

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