What the does the mask in Paul Dunbar's poem "We Wear the Mask" represent?
or B.
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the Harlem Renaissance?
A.The Emancipation Proclamation.
B. By 1930, the population of African Americans in Harlem grew to over 200,000.
C.F. Scott Fitzgerald <--
All Harlem Renaissance writers wrote literature about suffering, frustration and hopelessness.
True
False <--
What the does the mask in Paul Dunbar's poem "We Wear the Mask" represent?
-religious faith
-how whites treat African Americans
-how African American's pretend to be happy <--
Who is the speaker in "We Wear the Mask"?
A.Paul Dunbar <--?
B.The African American Community
C.Harlem Renaissance writers
In the poem "Sympathy", the caged bird's song is a song of joy.
True
False <--
The title of Paul Dunbar's poem "Sympathy" relates to what theme?
A.The speaker feels bad the bird lives in a cage
B.The speaker understands how trapped bird feels because he feels the same way <--
C.The speaker has sympathy for animals in captivity
Which of the following lines from Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “Sympathy” is an example of imagery using a simile?
A.“And the river flows like a stream of glass” <-- or B.
B.“And the faint perfume from its chalice steals”
C.“When the sun is bright on the upland slopes”
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I agree with all your choices except one. On why people wear the mask, I like your first choice better than B. The speaker in the poem is, certainly, the poet because it reflects Dunbar's own perceptions, but "We" is not the poet. He is speaking on behalf of whom?
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