The African American Literature quiz: 13 questions by Robin Bernstein

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I give you three characters' names, and you identify the author and title of the novel, memoir, or play!

Sethe, Denver, Paul D

Morrison, Beloved
Angelou, The Heart of a Woman
Williams, Dessa Rose
Walker, Baby Love
Cliff, Abeng

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Janie, Tea Cake, Pheoby

Larsen, Passing
Fauset, Plum Bun
Hurston, Their Eyes were Watching God
Bambara, The Salt Eaters
Hunter, God Bless the Child

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Bigger Thomas, Mary Dalton, Jan Erlone

Hemphill, Brother to Brother
Wright, Native Son
Jordan, His Own Where
Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi
Locke, The New Negro

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Walker Lee, Beneatha, and Ruth Younger

Brooks, Annie Allen
Smith, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Murray, Proud Shoes
Fuller, A Soldier’s Play
Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

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Celie, Shug, Mr. ________

Walker, The Color Purple
Ellison, Invisible Man
Dandicat, Krik? Krak!
Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
McMillan, Waiting to Exhale

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Frado, Mag, Mrs. Bellmont

Brown, Clotel
Wilson, Our Nig
Sapphire, Push
Davis, Women, Race, and Class
Kincaid, Lucy

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Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Lizzie

Keckley, Behind the Scenes...
Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Walker, Jubilee
Alexander, Antebellum Dream Book
West, Race Matters

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Hester, Jabber, The Welfare Lady

Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Dixon, Vanishing Rooms
Nottage, Ruined
Parks, In the Blood
Collins, Black Sexual Politics

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Aunt Hester, Covey, Freeland

Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Hopkins, Contending Forces
Washington, Up from Slavery
Northup, Twelve Years a Slave

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Lady in Red, Lady in Yellow, Lady in Purple

Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folks
Marshall, Brown Girl, Brownstones
Guy, Ruby
Childress, Rainbow Jordan
Shange, For Colored Girls. . .

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Dana, Rufus, Kevin

Butler, Kindred
Mosley, Blue Light
Delany, Dhalgren
Kenen, A Visitation of Spirits
Gomez, The Gilda Stories

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Clay, Lula, Conductor

Dove, On the Bus with Rosa Parks
Wilson, Two Trains Running
Baraka, Dutchman
Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go
Toomer, Cane

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Ursa, Mutt, Tadpole

Kennedy, The Owl Answers
Gates, The Signifying Monkey
Jones, Corregidora
Bambara, Gorilla, My Love
Harper, Iola Leroy

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