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Which best describes the intent of Hurston’s use of voice as it relates to cultural experience?
Hurston highlights the hardships that women in the community are experiencing through her description of Matty Redding. -
Which excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea” describes the awkward relationship John has with the others in the village?
Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams. -
In the poems “I Dream a World” and “Democracy,” the author, Langston Hughes,
addresses the problem of inequality for Black Americans. -
Langston Hughes yearns for equality in the poem “I Dream A World,” while in the poem “Democracy” he
actively advocates the idea of fighting for equal treatment. -
The speaker in Hughes’s poem “Democracy” encourages people to
bravely stand up for what is right.
Read the excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.”
Matty Redding, John's mother, was setting the table for supper. She was a small wiry woman with large eyes that might have been beautiful when she was young, but too much weeping had left them watery and weak.
Which best describes the intent of Hurston’s use of voice as it relates to cultural experience?
Hurston explores the outdated notion of women in the kitchen rather than in the workforce.
Hurston reinforces the idea that women openly show their emotions, whereas men try to conceal them.
Hurston highlights the hardships that women in the community are experiencing through her description of Matty Redding.
Hurston comments on the wasted beauty of youth and the cruelty of aging through her portrayal of the main character.
Which excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea” describes the awkward relationship John has with the others in the village?
Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams.
Often he was a knight bestride a fiery charger prancing down the white shell road that led to distant lands.
One day his father came upon him scolding the weeds for stopping his sea-going vessels.
"Alf, you ain't gone crazy, is you? John kain't help wantin' tuh stray off, cause he's got a spell. on 'im; but you oughter be shamed to be encouragin' him . . ."
In the poems “I Dream a World” and “Democracy,” the author, Langston Hughes,
asks that democracy be put immediately into practice.
addresses the problem of inequality for Black Americans.
claims he has dreams of a better future for all mankind.
waits patiently for the right moment to act against oppression.
langston Hughes yearns for equality in the poem “I Dream A World,” while in the poem “Democracy” he
is thankful for the freedoms he has gained.
feels that equal opportunities are within reach.
strongly supports the idea of deferring the fight to a later time.
actively advocates the idea of fighting for equal treatment.
The speaker in Hughes’s poem “Democracy” encourages people to
bravely stand up for what is right.
peacefully support change.
patiently wait for equality to come.
silently let change take its course.
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A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind—
Of such I dream, my world!
Based on the dreams that the speaker describes, it is reasonable to infer that the speaker
is hopeful all people will experience the same freedoms he enjoys.
will do whatever is necessary to gain equality for all.
lives in a time and place where equality does not exist.
has given up the idea that one day all people will be treated the same.
In Langston Hughes’s poem “I Dream a World,” the repetition of the word “dream” emphasizes
the idea that the action of the poem takes place at night.
the notion that Hughes lives in a fantasy world rather than reality.
the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal.
the belief that dreams often remain unrealized due to oppression.
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Based on the dreams that the speaker describes, it is reasonable to infer that the speaker
lives in a time and place where equality does not exist. -
In Langston Hughes’s poem “I Dream a World,” the repetition of the word “dream” emphasizes
the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal.
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