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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.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?

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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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