The meaning of vas is:

Which of the following is a condition in which the retracted foreskin cannot be pulled forward to cover the glans?

The term deferens means:

The abbreviation for the blood test used to detect the presence of cancer of the prostate gland is abbreviated as __________.

The events of Harriet Jacobs’ narrative are fictional.

Name one characteristic of the slave narrative genre, as described in the reading “Characteristics of the Slave Narrative.” Note: We read this article in the same week as Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and the opening chapters of Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

In this section, you will be asked to explain the meaning, significance, and context of a given quote from one of the texts studied in class. You should discuss the quote’s relevance to the work as a whole, its themes, and any literary devices used. Avoid simple summarizing or restating the quotation. Instead, talk about the significance of the quote to the passage as a whole.     In no fewer than 3 sentences, explain the significance of the following quote from Octavia Butler’s Kindred:   “His father wasn’t the monster he could have been with the power he held over his slaves. He wasn’t a monster at all. Just an ordinary man who sometimes did the monstrous things his society said were legal and proper.” Note: This quote is about the character Tom Weylin, the father of Rufus Weylin.

No African Americans were still enslaved when Frederick Douglass wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

____________ is a movement in literature, music, art, etc., featuring futuristic or science fiction themes which incorporate elements of Black History and culture.       Note: For fill in the blank questions, just try to get as close as you can with spelling.

In this section, you will be asked to explain the meaning, significance, and context of a given quote from one of the texts studied in class. You should discuss the quote’s relevance to the work as a whole, its themes, and any literary devices used. Avoid simple summarizing or restating the quotation. Instead, talk about the significance of the quote to the passage as a whole.     In no fewer than 3 sentences, explain the significance of the following quote from Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son”:   “Well, son, I’ll tell you:  Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”