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   Jean Wagner‘s most enduring contribution to the
   study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that
   it be analyzed in a religious, as well as secular, frame
   of reference. The appropriateness of such an approach may
5 seem self-evident for a tradition commencing with
   spirituals and owing its early forms, rhythms,
   vocabulary, and evangelical fervor to Wesleyan hymnals.
   But before Wagner a secular outlook that analyzed Black
   poetry solely within the context of political and social protest
10 was dominant in the field.
   It is Wagner who first demonstrated the essential
   fusion of racial and religious feeling in Afro-American
   poetry. The two, he argued, form a symbiotic union in which
   religious feelings are often applied to racial issues
15 and racial problems are often projected onto a
   metaphysical plane. Wagner found this most eloquently
   illustrated in the Black spiritual, where the desire for freedom
   in this world and the hope for salvation in the next are inextricably intertwined.
(159 words)


1. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) contrast the theories of Jean Wagner with
those of other contemporary critics
(B) document the influence of Jean Wagner on the
development of Afro-American poetry
(C) explain the relevance of Jean Wagner‘s work to
the study of Afro-American religion
(D) indicate the importance of Jean Wagner‘s
analysis of Afro-American poetry
(E) present the contributions of Jean Wagner to
the study of Black spirituals


2. All of the following aspects of Afro-American
poetry are referred to in the passage as having been
influenced by Wesleyan hymnals EXCEPT
(A) subject matter
(B) word choice
(C) rhythm
(D) structure
(E) tone


3. It can be inferred from the passage that, before
Wagner, most students of Afro-American poetry did
which of the following?
(A) Contributed appreciably to the transfer of
political protest from Afro-American poetry to
direct political action.
(B) Ignored at least some of the historical roots of
Afro-American poetry.
(C) Analyzed fully the aspects of social protest
to be found in such traditional forms of Afro-
American poetry as the Black spiritual.
(D) Regarded as unimportant the development
of fervent emotionalism in a portion of Afro-
American poetry.
(E) Concentrated on the complex relations
between the technical elements in Afro-
American poetry and its political content.

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DAD

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DAB

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C A B

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CAB

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D E A

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D E B

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C E B

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DAB