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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does Venie use to stifle Samuel’s libido?
2. With which of the following does Song (8) begin?
3. Which of the following is Oludara’s scholarly rival?
4. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of VII?
5. For which of the following prizes and awards had Whitcomb been a finalist?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explicate the significance of the label “left-handed cabin.”
2. Why does Samuel hire Holcomb as overseer?
3. How does Ailey react to the work she does in the archives for Oludara?
4. How does Claudius earn the money he uses to secure his freedom?
5. What bias does Ailey note is at work among the interviewers for the Federal Writers’ Project?
6. Why do the women enslaved at Wood Place hesitate to tend to Nick?
7. What is the last thing Lydia sees before dying?
8. How is Ailey enrolled as Oludara’s research assistant?
9. Why does Root note having avoided reading the Pinchard family papers?
10. How does Lydia dissuade Dante’s uncle from inserting himself into their nuptials?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is “the long-haired lady” Ailey remarks upon seeing throughout her life? How does the text indicate as much?
Essay Topic 2
Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?
Essay Topic 3
What function does the back matter serve for the novel? How is that effect achieved?
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