50 tests on a topic “The literature of Great Depression: John Steinbeck, E. Caldwell



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The Color Purple

13.This lady was a folklorist who wrote over fifty literary works that included short stories, essays, and plays. Which novel did Zora Hurston write that told the tale of a character named Janie who falls in love with a man nicknamed "Tea Cake"?Hint



  1. Their Eyes Were Watching God

  2. Tell My Horse

  3. Moses, Man of the Mountain

  4. Seraph on the Suwanee

14.Ralph Ellison was a writer and publisher during World War II. He became well known for his writings on the topics of communism and black nationalism. What was Ralph Ellison's novel that was the story of an unnamed African man who could not be seen because people chose not to see him?





  1. Invisible Man

  2. Three Days Before the Shooting

  3. Shadow and Act

  4. Flying Home

15.This lady was a playwright that wrote many notable plays that made it to Broadway. Her most well known work was her first play, based on an experience in her own life. Which of these was a play written by Lorraine Hansberry that depicts an African American family in Chicago trying to move to a white neighborhood?Hint





  1. A Raisin in the Sun

  2. To Be Young, Gifted and Black

  3. Les Blancs

  4. The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

16.What role did religion play in James Baldwin's life?


A) He was extremely religious throughout his life and never questioned the teachings of his faith.


B) He was religious at a young age, but later moved to focus on his writing.
C) He became extremely religious after moving to Paris in 1948.
D) None of the answers are correct; religion played no role in James Baldwin's life.
17.What was the name of James Baldwin's semi-autobiographical novel?

A)Go Tell it on the Mountain


B)Sonny's Blues
C)Tar Baby
D)The Color Purple

18. Who was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?





  1. Alice Walker

  2. Toni Morrison

  3. Gwendolyn Brooks

  4. Toni Cade Bambara

19.During what time period did Langston Hughes begin to publish his poetry?





  1. The Harlem Renaissance

  2. The Civil War

  3. The Civil Rights Movement

  4. The Revolutionary War

20.Which African American author was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard?





  1. W. E. B. Du Bois

  2. Langston Hughes

  3. Phillis Wheatley

  4. Maya Angelou

21. Who was the first published African American poet?





  1. Phillis Wheatley

  2. Maya Angelou

  3. Barack Obama

  4. Langston Hughes

22.What were Jim Crow laws?





  1. Laws that kept black and white people apart


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