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Zora Neale Hurston’s Strong Voice Answers

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Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.For instance during the summer when she heard the subtle but compelling rhythms of the Bahaman drummers, she’d walk over and watch the dances. She did not laugh the “Saws” to scorn as she had heard the people doing. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of non-academic English?

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For instance during the summer
B
subtle but compelling rhythms
C
laugh the “Saws” to scorn
D
had heard the people doing
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Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Tea Cake felt sorry for him without knowing why. So he didn’t blurt out the insults he had intended. But he couldn’t hold in everything. They talked about the prospects for the coming season for a moment, then Tea Cake said, “Yo’ wife don’t seem tuh have nothin’ much tuh do, so she kin visit uh lot. Mine got too much tuh do tuh go visitin’ and too much tuh spend time talkin’ tuh folks dat visit her.”Which best describes Tea Cake’s intent in mentioning Janie and Mrs. Turner to Mr. Turner?

A
He hopes Mr. Turner can influence Mrs. Turner to visit less frequently.
B
He wants Mr. Turner to encourage Mrs. Turner to find fulfilling activities.
C
He wants to show Mr. Turner that Janie works harder than Mrs. Turner.
D
He hopes to encourage Mr. Turner to visit him along with Mrs. Turner.
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Which excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God is the best example of regional dialect?

A
“Shucks! If dat’s her notion she’s barkin’ up de wrong tree. Mah hands is full already.”“
B
“You got any smaller than him?” He indicated the son who seemed around twenty or so.
C
For instance during the summer when she heard the subtle but compelling rhythms of the Bahaman drummers, she’d walk over and watch the dances.
D
But Mrs. Turner’s shape and features were entirely approved by Mrs. Turner.
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Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Janie’s coffee-and-cream complexion and her luxurious hair made Mrs. Turner forgive her for wearing overalls like the other women who worked in the fields. She didn’t forgive her for marrying a man as dark as Tea Cake, but she felt that she could remedy that. Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to infer that Mrs. Turner

A
judges others based on their skin color.
B
accepts the decisions that other people make.
C
believes divorce is easy to attain.
D
rejects Janie as a friend because of her appearance.
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Which sentence from Their Eyes Were Watching God contains an example of dialect?

A
She felt honored by Janie’s acquaintance . . .
B
Her nose was slightly pointed and she was proud.
C
She was an ironing board with things throwed at it.
D
But Mrs. Turner’s shape and features were entirely approved by Mrs. Turner.
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Which sentence from Their Eyes Were Watching God contains an example of dialect?

A
Otherwise they made little trips to Palm Beach, Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale for their fun.
B
It didn’t affect Tea Cake and Janie too much.
C
So Mrs. Turner frowned most of the time.
D
Before they realized it the sun was cooler and the crowds came pouring onto the muck again.
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In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses dialect when Tea Cake speaks in order to

A
illustrate his religious beliefs.
B
emphasize his cultural background.
C
make his character more universal.
D
highlight his shyness around others.
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Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Anyone who looked more white folkish than herself was better than she was in her criteria, therefore it was right that they should be cruel to her at times, just as she was cruel to those more negroid than herself in direct ratio to their negroness. . . . Once having set up her idols and built altars to them it was inevitable that she would worship there. Which aspect of early 20th-century society does Hurston emphasize through the character of Mrs. Turner?

A
People formed bonds based on their commonalities.
B
People were judged based on their skin color.
C
People were only permitted to practice certain religions.
D
People came together to work toward equality.
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Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Mrs. Turner, like all other believers had built an altar to the unattainable—Caucasian characteristics for all. Her god would smite her, would hurl her from pinnacles and lose her in deserts, but she would not forsake his altars. Behind her crude words was a belief that somehow she and others through worship could attain her paradise—a heaven of straighthaired, thin-lipped, high-nose boned white seraphs. How does Zora Neale Hurston use Mrs. Turner to present a cultural criticism?

A
She mocks Mrs. Turner’s strict religious practices.
B
She critiques Mrs. Turner’s obsession with material wealth.
C
She mocks Mrs. Turner’s belief that everyone should look alike.
D
She critiques Mrs. Turner’s use of profane language.
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Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.“Mah wife takes time fuh whatever she wants tuh do. Real strong headed dat way. Yes indeed.” He laughed a high lungless laugh. “De chillun don’t keep her in no mo’ so she visits when she chooses.”Mr. Turner’s words reveal his

A
admiration for his wife.
B
frustration with his wife.
C
lack of control over his wife.
D
desire to understand his wife.

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