OKAY LITERARY SCHOLARS

·      Match the author to her or his work

·      First try answering without looking at the list of authors

·      Give yourself five points for each correct answer without looking at the list of authors, otherwise four points for each correct anwer

·      Good luck

1.   The Mis-education of the Negro

2.   Roots

3.   The Street

4.   Invisible Man

5.   Passing

6.   The Living is Easy

7.   Native Son

8.   Daddy Was A Numbers Runner

9.   Souls of Black Folk

10.       I Wonder As I Wander

11.       There is Confusion

12.       Up From Slavery

13.       Jubliee & “For My People”

14.       The Fire Next Time

15.       Contending Forces

16.       Beloved

17.       The Autobiography of Malcolm X

18.       Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

19.       The Color Purple

20.       Iola Leroy

21.  Their Eyes Were Watching God

A. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper;

B. James Baldwin;

C. Booker T. Washington 

D. Alice Walker;

E. Zora Neale Hurston;

F. Nella Larsen;

G. Pauline Hopkins; 

H.  Langston Hughes;

I.  Jessie R. Fauset; 

J. Louise Meriwether;

K. Carter G. Woodson; 

L.  Ralph Ellison; 

M.  Richard Wright; 

N. Harriet Jacobs ; 

O. Toni Morrison; 

P.  Ann Petry  

Q.  Margaret Walker;

R.  Malcolm X ; 

S. Alex Haley;

T. Malcolm X & Alex Haley;

U. Booker T. Washington;

V.  William Edward B. Du Bois;

W. Dorothy West;

Answers

1. K; 2. S; 3. P; 4. L; 5. F ; 6. W; 7. M ; 8. J; 9. V ; 10. H; 11. I ; 12. U ; 13. Q; 14. B; 15.G ; 16. O; 17. S; 18. N ; 19. D; 20. A; 21.E ;

answers under 75 points “Get 2 Readin”