Read the following passage: Governor Johns was campaigning for president. It had
been a long, tiring campaign, and at every stop, some
journalist asked her who would be caring for her kids if she
won the election, or how she managed to look so good and
keep such a crazy schedule. Typical. The questions for her
opponent, a congressman, focused solely on the issues.
What can best be inferred from the passage?
A. The governor is grateful for the chance to address issues
important to women.
B. The governor and the congressman have known each other a long
time.
C. The governor feels that male candidates are treated more fairly
than she is.
D. The governor does not feel she is going to win the election.

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.