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3.08Unit Test: Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance Part 1

Answer 1

1. Part A: A theme or central idea of Arna Bontemps' poem "A Black Talks of Reaping" is C. Despite intense labor, prejudice allows others to reap the benefits.

What is prejudice?

Prejudice refers to a preconceived classification of a group of people because of their background.

For example, because white people preconceived that the blacks are inferior, they use them as labor tools and make them work under insufferable conditions, and no just reward could be accorded for their intense labor.

Part B: The detail from the poem that best develops the theme identified in Part A is B. “but for my reaping only what the hand / can hold at once is all that I can show.”

2. The line "my children glean in fields they have not sown, and feed on bitter fruit" from "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" suggests A. Despite working hard in the fields, black farmers faced injustice while trying to feed their families.

3. The lines from “The Tropics in New York” affect the poem in that C. They demonstrate the speaker’s surprise.

The speaker is surprised that things have changed.  Old memories are fading based on the speaker's new location.

4. The lines from “Any Human to Another,” by Cullen that best convey the thought that people share each other's grief and comfort are C. "Your grief and mine/ Must intertwine/ Like sea and river."

5. The sentence that correctly uses the word "diverse" from the poem "Any Human to Another" by Cullen is C. New York City has the most diverse population of any other city in America.

Thus, the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance shows that African Americans are also educated and can create fascinating poems.

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