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Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their music, words, and art seem as fresh and powerful today in the 21st century as they were then. 2. All of the following were reasons for immigration except A) Political oppression. B) Environmental pollution. C) Religious persecution. D) Fleeing wars or military service. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental pollution. 3. A widespread reputation, especially for great achievement A) Fame. B) Adventure. C) International. D) Symbolized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fame. 4. Who was one of the greatest painters and storytellers during the Harlem Renaissance? He was known for his portrayal of African-American life? A) Jacob Lawrence. B) Aaron Douglas. C) Lois Maylou Jones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jacob Lawrence. 5. What is African American Vernacular English (AAVE)? A) A dialect of English specific to the African American community in Los Angeles. B) A dialect of English specific to the African American community in Chicago. C) A dialect of English specific to the African American community. D) A dialect of English specific to the African American community in Harlem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dialect of English specific to the African American community. 6. Who wrote "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing" ? A) Duke Ellington. B) Paul knox. C) Dr. Chatman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duke Ellington. 7. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are best known for their contributions to which kind of music? A) Blues. B) Gospel. C) Rock n roll. D) Jazz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jazz. 8. What literary device does Paul Laurence Dunbar employ in his poem "We Wear the Mask" ? A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 9. What was the Harlem Renaissance originally called? What was the Harlem Renaissance movement originally called? A) The New Negro Movement. B) The New York MovementEl movimiento de Nueva York. C) The Negro MovementThe Negro Movement. D) The New MovementEl nuevo movimiento. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The New Negro Movement. 10. Poet, novelist, playwright of Harlem Renaissance; one of the most famous poems-I, Too A) Langston Hughes. B) Jessie Redmon Fauset. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Countee Cullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 11. What is the Harlem Renaissance known as? A) An opportunity for African Americans to showcase their talents. B) A boom in art and literature of African American culture. C) The creation of Harlem, New York. D) A chance for people to celebrate literature across America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A boom in art and literature of African American culture. 12. Physical and mental energy, liveliness A) Vitality. B) Legacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vitality. 13. The US hoped to stay out of the war. This was called A) Communism. B) Neutrality. C) Socialism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutrality. 14. Read the paragraph. I have been a nurse for twenty years. In that time, I have seen a great number of patients suffer because they did not have health insurance. One of the worst cases was a young mother of two who was diagnosed with early stage skin cancer. Because she could not afford treatment, the cancer spread from her skin to other parts of her body. By the time I saw her for the first time, the cancer had reached her brain, and she could no longer be helped. This sort of thing should not happen to anyone. A strong universal health care system could prevent instances like this from occurring. What makes this appeal from the paragraph convincing? I have been a nurse for twenty years. A) It uses proven data as evidence. B) It appeals to the reader's emotions. C) It shows the writer's credibility. D) It reveals important statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It shows the writer's credibility. 15. What qualities of Jazz music make it unique? A) The electric guitar was introduced to bring energy to the music. B) It relies on improvisation; no performance is exactly the same. C) Ballet dancing was performed with Jazz music. D) Rigid and uniform structure to the music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It relies on improvisation; no performance is exactly the same. 16. Those who oppose any form of government are A) Isolationists. B) Socialists. C) Anarchists. D) Communists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anarchists. 17. True or false? Germany had to get rid of its air force, submarines, and large battleships due to the Treaty of Versailles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Have to do with the largest number of people in society A) Scat. B) Mainstream. C) Literary. D) Cultural awakening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mainstream. 19. The suffix "-less" means ..... A) Another. B) Without. C) With. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without. 20. Which art form WASN'T represented in the Harlem Renaissance? A) Fiction and poetry. B) Sculpture and Architecture. C) Music and Theatre. D) Painting and art. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sculpture and Architecture. 21. "Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you-Then, it will be true." The word "true" in line #5 from "Theme for English B" most likely means: A) Factually correct. B) Told straight, without any extra details. C) Believable. D) Truly personal and significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Truly personal and significant. 22. W. E. B. Dubois and James Weldon Johnson believed that their art should present the ordinary African American person objectively as an individual and not just "cultured" African Americans mirroring white standards. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Define "showcased" in this sentence:It showcased the rise of black artists who had migrated to the North. A) A glass case for a display. B) To perform. C) To highlight or present. D) To travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To highlight or present. 24. It was hard for black people to find jobs in the south because of ....., which made segregation legal. A) Jim Crow laws. B) Civil Rights. C) Segregational Act of 1900. D) Slave laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim Crow laws. 25. Why is Ernest Hemingway famous? A) He was a writer. B) He was a poet. C) He was a Guiness World Record holder. D) He was a singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was a writer. 26. "The Harlem Renaissance":Based on paragraph 4, what can the reader conclude? A) African Americans were attracted to Harlem for a variety of reasons after World War I. B) African Americans encountered less social injustice in Harlem than in other places. C) African Americans became a majority of the population in Harlem in the 1920s. D) African Americans in Harlem were more successful than those who lived elsewhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) African Americans were attracted to Harlem for a variety of reasons after World War I. 27. Which of the following events helped begin the great migration? A) Emancipation. B) Ww1. C) Reconstruction. D) Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ww1. 28. Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that A) Discouraged a laissez-faire approach to the economy. B) Aided the growth of business. C) Brought about social reform. D) Encouraged activism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aided the growth of business. 29. "the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people" A) Oppression. B) Charge. C) Grievance. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oppression. 30. The poem has all of the following forms of figurative language except ..... 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. A) Repetition. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 31. Which of these words means involving two or more countries? A) Interview. B) Crisscross. C) Attractive. D) International. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) International. 32. Successful poet who was educated at New York University and Harvard A) W.E.B. DuBois. B) Langston Hughes. C) Roman Bearden. D) Countee Cullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Countee Cullen. 33. How did the Red Scare and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan all impact America in the 1920s? A) Socialism increased nationwide. B) Racism became more widespread. C) Xenophobia grew out of nativism. D) Urbanization led to ethnic neighborhoods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xenophobia grew out of nativism. 34. Which lines from the poem best expresses the speaker's attitude toward oppression? A) "From awakening eyes in a black face " (Line 2). B) "I look then at the silly walls" (Line 6). C) "I look at my own body" (Line 11). D) "The let us hurry, comrades" (Line 15). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I look then at the silly walls" (Line 6). 35. Which of the options below was the person who painted pictures of the Great Migration A) Bessie Smith. B) Jacob Lawrence. C) Langston Hughes. D) Georgia O'Keeffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jacob Lawrence. 36. Which best describes the claim of a compare-and-contrast paragraph? A) An umbrella statement that establishes the parts of the argument. B) A statement that provides evidence for the main argument. C) A summary of all details, statistics, and relevant facts. D) An evaluation of the most important details and points. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An umbrella statement that establishes the parts of the argument. 37. In "We Wear the Mask", why did the author choose images of "cheeks" and "eye" ? A) The eyes are the mirror to the soul. B) Some emotions cannot be controlled. C) A person's face reflects their feelings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person's face reflects their feelings. 38. What was the name of the art gallery in Harlem that played a significant role in promoting the works of African-American artists during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Harlem Art Workshop. B) New York City Museum. C) Manhattan Art Studio. D) Bronx Art Gallery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harlem Art Workshop. 39. Based on the title, A Call To Move, what do you predict the article will be about? A) You can predict that the article will be about people remaining in their native lands where they find safety and refuge. B) You can predict that the article will be about people being urged or strongly convinced to move to another place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You can predict that the article will be about people being urged or strongly convinced to move to another place. 40. Which of the following are the two types of narrative poems? A) Epics and odes. B) Epics and couplets. C) Couplets and iambic pentameter. D) Epics and ballads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epics and ballads. 41. Why does the speaker in "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" plant seeds deeply? A) To prevent other farmers from stealing them. B) So his children cannot find them. C) To encourage others to work hard. D) So the seeds will be safe in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So the seeds will be safe in the soil. 42. What was the PULL factor that influenced the Great Migration of African Americans to move North? A) Discrimination, lynchings and black codes. B) Factory jobs in the North. C) Drought and damaged crops. D) Unfair share cropping contracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factory jobs in the North. 43. Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem" (or A Dream Deferred) deals with what themes? A) What happens when food is left out. B) The neglect and stress black people suffer because of racism. C) When black people get angry and riot. D) Black people can have fun in spite of hard times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The neglect and stress black people suffer because of racism. 44. Paul Robeson is known for starring in The Emperor Jones A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 45. Many young women, known as ....., challenged cultural norms of "ladylike" behavior. They could be identified by their short hair, knee-length skirts, and their permissive lifestyles. A) Flappers. B) Wasps. C) Roses. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flappers. 46. The prefix "re" means ..... A) Again. B) Always. C) Don't. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Again. 47. A part of a larger whole A) Component. B) Legacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Component. 48. Started the first black nationalism movement. A) Marcus Garvey. B) Alain Lock. C) MLK. D) MLK Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcus Garvey. 49. What was the condition of America's economy following World War I? A) There was a brief recession, followed by economic growth. B) There was a brief recession, followed by economic growth. C) There was a long recession. D) There was a long, gradual decline in America's economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There was a brief recession, followed by economic growth. 50. Logos, pathos, and ethos are A) Personal appeals. B) Rhetorical appeals. C) Logical appeals. D) Objective appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical appeals. 51. White audiences in the South were very interested in the new Black films being created. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Read the introduction to Darryl's composition. Since the budget for the groundbreaking elephant-behavior-studies program has been cut-just as it was beginning to make progress-wildlife conservationists and their supporters are asking that people from all over the world promote the program by encouraging local agencies and community members to donate time and funds to secure the future of the amazingly gentle and intelligent African elephant species. Darryl is most likely writing with the purpose of ..... A) Persuading and influencing others. B) Describing an entertaining story. C) Explaining information using dates and facts. D) Describing in an observational manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuading and influencing others. 53. Which of the following words is an example of onomatopoeia? A) Triumph. B) Elliptical. C) Wavering. D) Zoom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zoom. 54. What did W.E.B. DuBois think was the best way for African-Americans to show racial pride? A) To move out of the South and quietly improve their own lives. B) To prove themselves as intellectually equal to whites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prove themselves as intellectually equal to whites. 55. This black nationalist association was founded by Marcus Garvey. A) Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). B) United Nations. C) Free African Movement. D) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). 56. Which statement below is written in the third person point of view? A) When you go to Harlem, you can feel the music in your bones. B) I knew the story of the Harlem Renaissance, but I was never told about the Great Migration. C) When people heard about the jazz music being played, they went to Harlem to see for themselves. D) You would have loved to experience the scat singing firsthand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When people heard about the jazz music being played, they went to Harlem to see for themselves. 57. Use of vivid or figurative language to create a strong picture in the reader's mind A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 58. How did Carl Von Vechten help during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Made sure newspapers wrote about Harlem artists. B) He traveled to Harlem. C) Throw big parties to have fun. D) Studied Harlem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made sure newspapers wrote about Harlem artists. 59. What was different about Jean Toomer? A) He was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance. B) He had never visited the South. C) He could pass between black and white worlds. D) He was African American. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He could pass between black and white worlds. 60. This major dramatic actor 's performance in Shakespeare's Othello was widely acclaimed. A) Langston Hughes. B) Duke Ellington. C) Claude McKay. D) Paul Robeson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paul Robeson. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesHarlem Renaissance Quiz 1Harlem Renaissance Quiz 2Harlem Renaissance Quiz 3Harlem Renaissance Quiz 4Harlem Renaissance Quiz 5Harlem Renaissance Quiz 6Harlem Renaissance Quiz 7Harlem Renaissance Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books