| 1 |
The author claims that most studies of folktales told by Afro-American slaves are inadequate because the studies |
| A. |
Fail to recognize any possible Euro-American influence on the folktales |
| B. |
Do not pay enough attention to the features of a folktale that best reveal an African influence |
| C. |
Overestimate the number of folktales brought from Africa by the slaves |
| D. |
Do not consider the fact that a folktale can be changed as it is retold many times |
| E. |
Oversimplify the diverse and complex traditions of the slaves ancestral homeland |
| 2 |
The author's main purpose is to |
| A. |
Create a new field of study |
| B. |
Discredit an existing field of study |
| C. |
Change the focus of a field of study |
| D. |
Transplant scholarly techniques from one field of study to another |
| E. |
Rsestrict the scope of a burgeoning new field of study |
| 3 |
The passage suggests that the author would regard which of the following areas of inquiry as most likely to reveal the slaves' cultural continuities with Africa? |
| A. |
The means by which Blacks disseminated their folktales in nineteenth-century America |
| B. |
Specific regional differences in the styles of delivery used by the slaves in telling folktales |
| C. |
The functional meaning of Black folktales in the lives of White children raised by slave |
| D. |
The specific way the slaves used folktales to impart moral teaching to their children |
| E. |
The complexities of plot that appear most frequently in the slaves' tales |
| 4 |
Which of the following techniques is used by the author in developing the argument in the passage? |
| A. |
Giving a cliché a new meaning |
| B. |
Pointedly refusing to define key terms |
| C. |
Alternately presenting generalities and concrete details |
| D. |
Concluding the passage with a restatement of the first point made in the passage |
| E. |
Juxtaposing statements of what is not the case and statements of what is the case |