QUIZ Paul Laurence, history homework help

Read Pgs. 101-102, 109-122: Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”; and Nella Larsen’s Passing.

Please read the essay written by Prof. Bell, first before taking the Quiz for this week.

What are the names of Irene’s sons?

Select one:

a. Brian, Jr.

b. Theodore

c. Bob

d. John

e. both a. & b

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Why was Irene nervous when she was sitting down in the Drayton Restaurant?

Select one:

a. ‘she was ashamed of being a Negro’

b. she didn’t have enough money to pay for her meal

c. she was not dressed in the proper attire

d. she didn’t like ‘the idea of being rejected from any place’

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When Clare saw Irene in the Drayton Restaurant, how long had it been since they had seen each other?

Select one:

a. 1 year

b. 5 years

c. 7 years

d. 12 years

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Where did Irene and Clare grow up?

Select one:

a. Southside Chicago

b. Westside Chicago

c. Southside New York

d. Westside New York

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Some of the Irene’s old friends like Ruth believe that Clare does what for a living?

Select one:

a. A dancer

b. An escort

c. A maid

d. A singer

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Irene wants Clare to tell her about what particular act that Clare engages in?

Select one:

a. Passing

b. swing-dance

c. social parties

d. boot-legging

e. none of the above

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What Biblical myth does Clare’s Aunts draw upon to reinforce racial stereotypes about Black people being hard workers?

Select one:

a. the children of Adam and Eve

b. the child of King Solomon and Queen Sheba

c. the sons and daughters of Ham’

d. the children of Abraham and Sarah

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Irene is intent on seeing Clare for their date on Tuesday?

Select one:

True

False

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When Dunbar says We wear the Mask, what is he referring to?

Select one:

a. pain and suffering Blacks felt

b. a social performance

c. a form of protection

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

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What is Dunbar alluding to when he says ‘We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries/To thee from tortured souls arise’?

Select one:

a. Jim Crow Laws

b. racial discrimination

c. segregation

d. terror and brutality from the KKK

e. all of the above