What is the relationship between blues and jazz in American culture? A: Jazz places more emphasis on Afro-American culture than does the blues. B: Jazz changes the attitudes of white musicians toward Afro-American culture. C: Jazz is based on the blues attitude, but expressed in comprehensible manners to white musicians. D: Jazz must be understood in order to be played, whereas the blues must be learned.

______ won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, the 1st Afro-American writer to receive this honor.

Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ______in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

In which of the following cultures can the elaborate style be seen? A: Arab B: East Asia C: Middle Eastern D: Afro-American

Eilot is a (an)_______ poet. A: British American B: American British C: American French D: French American

As a dominant factor in American life, American ______ was one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature.

The title of the article might be______. A: American Children B: American Families C: American Mother D: American Parents

Williams called his language_____. A: he American grain B: the American idiom C: the American slang D: the American speech

Which is wrong about American people?( )  A: American people are patriotic. B: American people like to talk about politics and religion. C: American people are outspoken. D: American people respect time.

______is a branch of American Romanticism and it marked the maturity of American romanticism and the first renaissance in the American literary history.