LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.
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The call and response of an African American church congregation.
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African American toasting on a city street corner.
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Blues being played in a Harlem bar.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The speaker is really excited to tell his audience about the musician he heard, but he never gets too excited. He’s more interested in setting the mood and describing the event, than talking about how much he liked it. He plays it cool – a total hipster.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: While “The Weary Blues” has no specific narrator named, we can assume that the narrator is Hughes himself.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both the speaker and the musician in “The Weary Blues” are trying to communicate their feelings to an audience. The speaker wants to share his experience with his audience. He uses vivid language to draw his audience into his own feelings.
Detailed explanation-4: -The major theme in The Weary Blues focuses on the important role that music plays in a persons life as well as the emotions that are felt through music.