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Harlem Renaissance Quiz 11 (60 MCQs)

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1. What did the author struggle with?
2. Despite their contributions to American society, blacks were still feared and judged by whites, due to .....
3. Which of these poems did Langston Hughes write?
4. Relating to two or more countries
5. What evidence supports the tone is the following sentence. The rain is gloomy and very strong.
6. The poet who chronicled the African-American experience was .....
7. The federal government persecuted her for singing her signature song
8. What would it be like to climb a strange stair case "in the dark"
9. We are all bags of MISCELLANY ..... what does "miscellany" mean in the context of Hurston's text?
10. The highest level or degree attainable
11. What does Zora Neale Hurston mean when she says she, "Does not consider herself to be tragically colored?"
12. The Lesson Learned from a story is called the
13. Having to do with written materials, usually in the form of stories, poems and plays
14. Name one influential writer from the Harlem Renaissance and describe their contribution to literature.
15. When did most of the Great Migration take place?
16. The Harlem Renaissance brought together literature, music, visual art, dance and other art forms in an explosion of creativity.
17. How does this section best contribute to the author's point of view in the article? In the Harlem scene, writers, actors, artists and musicians glorified African-American traditions. At the same time, they created new cultural forms. One of the most famous writers of the Harlem Renaissance was Langston Hughes. Hughes cast off the influences of white poets. Instead, he wrote in a style of blues and jazz. Other writers were important in the scene. Claude Mckay and Jean Toomer wrote plays, short stories and poems to capture the spirit of the times.
18. Which evidence is most relevant to the theme, love cannot be controlled or stopped?
19. Known for her exceptional singing, ..... was a renowned blues singer who was the highest paid African American performer during the early 20th century.
20. Which artist is known for his iconic painting 'The Migration Series' that depicted the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North?
21. How many lines are in the first stanza of the following poem? ..... Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
22. What were Jim Crow laws?
23. The Harlem Renaissance is a direct result of what major event?
24. Which of these statements is most strongly supported by the modernist movement?
25. Hughes combined formal poetry with ..... tradition,
26. A culture movement that helped give a new outlook on race relations in the United States
27. What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
28. The only Amendment to the US Constitution to be completely repealed
29. The speaker in "From the Dark Tower" says, "We shall ..... /Not always countenance, abject and mute/That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap" (lines 1-4). These lines suggest that
30. Why did African Americans in the 1920's wear leopard print?
31. What is paraphrasing?
32. Before television existed, Americans had to entertain themselves by playing games like charades and monopoly.
33. True or false:The Cotton Club was a place where African Americans performed for other African Americans.
34. What social and cultural changes occurred within the African American community during the Harlem Renaissance?
35. PART A:Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?
36. "The Harlem Renaissance":Use the attached image to indicate which three details should be included in a summary of the artice.
37. T or F, the NAACP organization is no longer in existence today.
38. Which action was evidence that the prosperity of the roaring 20s was an illusion?
39. The large movement of people from the South to the North and Midwest for jobs and a better life was called
40. The speaker in "Harlem" suggests that the results of deferring a dream
41. What were some of the efforts made by organizations to secure African Americans' civil and political rights during the 1920s?
42. A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who was inspired by jazz music to tell of African-American hardships and resiliency.
43. Bessie Smith was a .....
44. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in language
45. The "NEW WOMAN" of the 1920s referred to which changes happening at the time
46. Who co-wrote the song 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'?
47. What were the oppressive conditions faced by black Americans in the South during the Great Migration?
48. What is the main perspective or point of view presented in this section of the text?Jazz music of the Harlem Renaissance shaped America and the entire world. Jazz was different than other music of the times because of its rhythms, instruments and improvisation. Thousands of city dwellers flocked night after night to see the same performers. The musicians improvised as they played so that no two performances would ever be the same.
49. Intended to attract notice and impress others
50. Because the Cotton Club was segregated, most African Americans rarely got to see some of the greatest Black musicians perform.
51. Louis Armstrong was a .....
52. A period of great achievement by African American writers, musicians and artists during the 1920's was called
53. "The Harlem Renaissance":Which four words from paragraph 11 contribute most to the author's tone of admiration? See the attached image as a reference.
54. Americans who couldn't afford the new appliances purchased them on the ..... plan
55. All of the following were women's suffragettes except
56. This President was known as the "Trust Buster"
57. ..... open the flood gates to what we now dub "The Great Migration"
58. Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. King includes this sentence to .....
59. "The Harlem Renaissance":Which word is an antonym for convergence in paragraph 9?
60. A sense of one's personal worth or dignity
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