Multiple choice AFAM lit exam 1

“Bars Fight” memorializes the settler victims of a New England massacre.

True

What is the rhyme scheme of “Bars Fight”?

AABB

What does Hammon NOT travel to in “a narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprising deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man"?

Puerto Rico

Hammon describes being enslaved and/or held as a prisoner by which of the following?

All of the above 

During his time in Cuba, which of Hammon’s escape attempts succeeds?

Attempt to escape with support of Mrs. Howard and the Lieutenant of the Beaver

In “Preface,” Wheatley apologizes to the reader for any faults they may find in her poetry and says she never meant to publish her poems.

True

According to “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” those who view Negroes with a “scornful eye” think their skin color is

diabolic

What does Wheatley credit for bringing her out of Africa in “On Being Brought”?

mercy

What verse form does Wheatley employ in “On Being Brought from Africa to America”?

heroic couplets (rhyming pair of lines written in iambic pentameter)

What common assumption of American readers is “On Being Brought from Africa to America” working explicitly to dispel?

that Africans cannot be Christians

In “On Being Brought,” what evidence does Wheatley provide that Africans may be redeemed?

her own conversion to Christianity

Theresa’s mother and sister do not survive the story’s events.

False (they do survive)

Theresa: A Haytien Tale (1828) is set during what major historical event?

The Haitian Revolution

Amanda is Theresa’s __________, while Madame Paulina is Theresa’s __________.

Sister, mother.

Theresa decides to share information about an upcoming sneak attack on Toussaint L’Ouverture’s army because..

She wants to protect the cause of Haitian independence

Who are the “revolutionists” and what cause are they fighting for?

enslaved Africans and free people of color fighting to found a national republic. Haitians fighting for Haitian independence. Enslaved Africans fighting for their freedom. Enslaved Africans and free people of color fighting against French colonial control of Haiti.

Which of the following variations does David Walker NOT use to signal emphasis in Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Colored Citizens of the World?

Bold

How does Walker characterize God?

as a God who: ends suffering by any means necessary, hears the cries of the oppressed, fights for justice.

The group that David Walker criticizes the most harshly is

all of the above

David Walker calls out early American statesman __________ by name for his views about ____________.

Thomas Jefferson, African Americans

Pair the group with David Walker’s criticism of them: African Americans

not being united to resist their oppression

Pair the group with David Walker’s criticism of them: white Christians

tolerating and participating in slavery against the will of God

Pair the group with David Walker’s criticism of them: American slaveholders

being more cruel than Roman and Greek enslavers

Pair the group with David Walker’s criticism of them: Thomas Jefferson

wrote a book “proving” Black inferiority