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Serious African American Literature I

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : American Literature : Serious African American Literature I

Introduction:
"This quiz will take more than High School English. See how far from the reading list you've gone."


1. Which member of the Black Panther Party wrote "Soul on Ice"?
    Eldridge Cleaver
    Stokely Carmichael
    Malcolm X
    Huey Newton


2. In which year was Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" published?
    1952
    1945
    1941
    1950


3. In "The Color Purple", what was the first name of Celie's husband?
    Albert
    Harpo
    Mister
    Bigger


4. Which author wrote about the troubled and tragic character, Bigger Thomas?
    Richard Wright
    Walter Mosley
    James Baldwin
    Langston Hughes


5. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was written by which former slave?
    Harriet Jacobs
    Phyllis Wheatly
    Hannah Crafts
    Harriet Tubman


6. Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature for which novel?
    Tar Baby (1981)
    Sula (1973)
    The Bluest Eye (1970)
    Beloved (1987)


7. This author of science fiction wrote "Kindred", "Parable of the Sower", and "Fledgling" and died on Feb. 24, 2006. Who is it?
    Alice Walker
    Omar Tyree
    Octavia Butler
    J. California Cooper


8. Which female author wrote both "Jubilee" and "Meridian"? She is also a poet and activist.
    Zora Neale-Hurston
    Lucile Clifton
    Alice Walker
    Margaret Walker


9. For which work is James Baldwin most noted?
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
    Notes of a Native Son
    Giovanni's Room
    The Fire Next Time


10. This poet was included in Oprah's 2005 Legends Ball. She is also a novelist whose book has been selected as an Oprah Book Club selection. Who is she?
    Nikki Giovanni
    Toni Morrison
    Pearl Cleage
    Maya Angelou


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