Question

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select the correct answer from each drop - down menu.
read this excerpt from countee cullens poem \the dark tower,\ and then complete the sentences that follow.
we shall not always plant while others reap
the golden increment of bursting fruit,
not always countenance, abject and mute,
that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
not everlastingly while others sleep...
when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing \abject and mute,\ he is speaking about the □ injustices present in
american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american □ has also shifted. ■ges are, in turn,
reflected in american literature.
racial
internal
casual
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Explanation:

For the first dropdown, the context of the poem and American society's historical injustices related to race (since Cullen's work often addresses racial issues) makes "racial" the correct choice for the type of injustice. For the second dropdown, as societal injustices change, the "literary landscape" (or similar, but the key is that American literature's focus/response, so the term related to literature's evolution) – but from the options' context (though the second dropdown's options aren't fully shown, but based on the first, "racial" is correct for the first. Assuming the second is about literary response, but the first dropdown's correct option is "racial" as it pertains to racial injustices in American society that Cullen's poem addresses (planting while others reap, being abject and mute relates to racial oppression).

Answer:

First dropdown: racial
(Note: The second dropdown's options aren't fully visible, but for the first, the correct option is "racial" to describe the injustices in American society that Cullen's poem references, as his work often deals with racial inequality and the experiences of African Americans in a racially unjust society.)