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Zora Neale Hurston’s Strong Voice Answers

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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.
5

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.
8

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.
11

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Finally she was gone and Janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found Tea Cake sitting in there with his head between his hands.“Tea Cake! Ah didn’t know you wuz home.”“Ah know yuh didn’t. Ah been heah uh long time listenin’ to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me.”“So dat whut she wuz up to? Ah didn’t know.”“Course she is. She got some no-count brother she wants yuh tuh hook up wid and take keer of Ah reckon.”“Shucks! If dat’s her notion she’s barkin’ up de wrong tree. Mah hands is full already.”Through Janie’s dialogue in this excerpt, it is reasonable to infer that she is

A
secretly flattered by Mrs. Turner’s suggestion.
B
questioning her relationship with Mrs. Turner.
C
devoted to Tea Cake and unaffected by Mrs. Turner’s opinions.
D
angry at Tea Cake for secretly listening in on her conversation.
12

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.
13

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?

A
For instance during the summer
B
subtle but compelling rhythms
C
laugh the “Saws” to scorn
D
had heard the people doing
14

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.He claimed that she had been shaped up by a cow kicking her from behind. She was an ironing board with things throwed at it.Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of non-academic English?

A
claimed that she had been
B
cow kicking her from behind
C
was an ironing board
D
things throwed at it
15

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.
16

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Mrs. Turner finally rose to go after being very firm about several other viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. She begged Janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioning Tea Cake. Finally she was gone and Janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found Tea Cake sitting in there with his head between his hands.“Tea Cake! Ah didn’t know you wuz home.”“Ah know yuh didn’t. Ah been heah uh long time listenin’ to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me.”How does Hurston convey her own cultural experiences?

A
through symbolism representing family
B
through images of warm, neighborly friendships
C
through the contrast of literal and figurative language
D
through the contrast of formal language and informal dialect
17

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.
18

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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Which sentence from

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
Mah wife takes time fuh whatever she wants tuh do.

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