This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is best know for their contributions to jazz music? A) Bessie Smith. B) Langston Hughes. C) Jim Crow. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louis Armstrong. 2. Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." Ain't got nobody in all this world, Ain't got nobody but ma self.I's gwine to quit ma frownin' And put ma troubles on the shelf. What is the effect of repeating the phrase "ain't got nobody" in the poem? A) It emphasizes the theme of sorrow and melancholy in the poem. B) It illustrates the singer's reluctance to perform the blues. C) It shows the singer's desire to connect to other musicians. D) It personifies the singer's thoughts and emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It emphasizes the theme of sorrow and melancholy in the poem. 3. "Gonna buy me a knife with/ a blade ten inches long./ Shall I carve ma self or/ that man that done me wrong?" A) Hip Hop. B) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harlem Renaissance. 4. How many lines does a Petrarchan Sonnet have? A) 5. B) 16. C) 14. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 5. What was the Harlem Renaissance? A) The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic movement in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. B) The Harlem Renaissance was a scientific movement in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. C) The Harlem Renaissance was a religious movement in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. D) The Harlem Renaissance was a political movement in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic movement in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. 6. What was the impact of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Promoted the growth of New York cities. B) It fought discrimination in Southern cities. C) Promoted cultural identity of African Americans in the U.S. and around the world. D) It established organizations like the NAACP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promoted cultural identity of African Americans in the U.S. and around the world. 7. A ballad is a poem that A) Is usually funny. B) Is never read aloud. C) Tells a story. D) Describes a setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tells a story. 8. Banned the sale and consumption of "intoxicating liquors" A) 18th Amendment. B) 21st Amendment. C) 19th Amendment. D) 16th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18th Amendment. 9. The sorority chose to focus on The Arts because: A) The community needs to know about the harlem renaissance and black arts movement. B) Need for an emphasis of exposing the community to arts enrichment and culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Need for an emphasis of exposing the community to arts enrichment and culture. 10. "how town" is an example of ..... A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 11. ."And meanwhile, what do you suppose is going to happen to me?" thundered Durmont. "Haven't you ambition ..... How does this dialogue help establish Durmont's point of view? A) By showing that he is worried what the youth thinks of him. B) By showing how he is focused on his problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By showing how he is focused on his problem. 12. The Harlem Renaissance took place during what decade? A) 1900s. B) 00s. C) 1920s. D) 1930s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920s. 13. Catergories or types, especially of literature, music and other art forms A) Social order. B) Mainstream. C) Genres. D) Syncopated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genres. 14. About how many American soldiers fought in World war I? A) Less than 10, 000. B) Less than 100, 000. C) Close to 2 million. D) About 200, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Close to 2 million. 15. Define "endured" in this sentence:The child endured the harsh comments from his classmates and kept his head up as he walked home. A) To suffer patiently. B) To look for. C) To start over. D) To give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To suffer patiently. 16. True or False-every time you interact with your notes you increase your memory and knowledge of the information. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. African American boxer during the 1920s A) Aaron Douglas. B) Countee Cullen. C) Jack Johnson. D) Oscar Micheaux. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack Johnson. 18. Who wrote the poem "Theme for English B" ? (Hint:he was the only black student in his class.) A) Langston Hughes. B) Scott Fitzgerald. C) Paul Laurence Dunbar. D) Jean Toomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 19. When did the cotton club start? A) 1920. B) 2020. C) 19200. D) 1921. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1920. 20. What is a synonym for "taunt?" A) Agree wtih. B) Provoke. C) Lead. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provoke. 21. The Harlem Renaissance was remarkable because A) African-American artists were taken seriously. B) That's when the first African-American won an Oscar. C) So many African-Americans moved to that one neighborhood. D) It was the first time African-Americans published their art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) African-American artists were taken seriously. 22. Who is considered the father of African-American arts and a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Maya Angelou. B) Langston Hughes. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Alain Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alain Locke. 23. What is a point in an essay? A) An important idea or reason used to support a claim. B) A good example supporting your idea. C) An important idea or reason. D) A reason you wrote the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An important idea or reason used to support a claim. 24. What caused the Great Migration? A) Hope for better job opportunities. B) Hope for better cultural opportunities. C) Jim Crow segregation laws forced it. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Which statement about the Harlem Globetrotters is true? A) They are a professional baseball team. B) They were originally from Harlem. C) They only played during the 1920s. D) All of the players are African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the players are African Americans. 26. The Great Migrations was when A) When birds fly south for the winter. B) 300, 000 Americans left for Europe. C) 300, 000 African Americans moved from the rural south to cities up north. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300, 000 African Americans moved from the rural south to cities up north. 27. What did the Harlem Renaissance challenge? A) Prevailing stereotypes and prejudices about black Americans. B) The rise of Jim Crow laws and the belief in the 'Lost Cause' myth. C) The concentration of black intellectuals and artists in Harlem. D) The dismantling of voting rights through tactics like literacy tests and the grandfather clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevailing stereotypes and prejudices about black Americans. 28. The Harlem Renaissance is a A) Type of social movement. B) Type of art. C) Type of city. D) Type of music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of social movement. 29. This jazz pianist and composer won fame as one of America's greatest composers. He wrote such pieces as "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady." A) Paul Robeson. B) Claude McKay. C) Langston Hughes. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duke Ellington. 30. In "Song of the Son, " Toomer uses a metaphor to compare night to A) The end of the age of slavery. B) The work that slaves did in the fields. C) A song about the past. D) A person who returns after a long absence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The end of the age of slavery. 31. (US.33) Which is true of the "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s? A) The era gave rise to F. Scott Fitzgerald, "flappers", and "speakeasies" . B) Poverty and starvation crippled the area, leading to its ironic nickname. C) The "color barrier" in major league sports was broken by Jackie Robinson. D) The era gave rise to Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and "The Cotton Club" . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The era gave rise to Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and "The Cotton Club" . 32. Which subtopic is associated with the Great Migration? A) Civil War. B) Industrial Revolution. C) African American history. D) American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) African American history. 33. Did the Harlem Renaissance also include music, painting, dancing, and other forms of art? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. "In the past if you picture events like a black tie / What's the last thing you expect to see, black guys / What's the life expectancy for black guys? / The system's working effectively, that's why." A) Harlem Renaissance. B) Hip Hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hip Hop. 35. What did the Harlem Renaissance influence? A) Helped start the war of October 23rd, 2077. B) The moon landing in 1960. C) The war over Hoover dam. D) American Civil Rights movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Civil Rights movement. 36. Manufacturing or producing large amounts of goods in a standardized way is called A) Mass Production. B) Customized Cabinetry. C) Mass and Matter. D) Disposable Income. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass Production. 37. Violent crime disproportionately impacts all of the following EXCEPT A) Ethnic minorities. B) Racial minorities. C) Low-income people. D) Teenagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teenagers. 38. A major effect of the Harlem Renaissance was that it A) Increased awareness of African American culture. B) Exposed corruption in New York City politics. C) Inspired the Progressive movement. D) Led to the end of the Great Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased awareness of African American culture. 39. Word choice is apart of an author's ..... A) Diction. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Pronunciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 40. Language that is spoken in a particular area by a particular group of people A) Dialect. B) International. C) Launch. D) Cast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 41. The Harlem Renaissance was a ..... of African-American culture. A) Criticism. B) Blossoming/Flourishing. C) Mourning/Grieving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blossoming/Flourishing. 42. The fear of immigrants from Europe led to a worker revolution to overthrow the government in Russia. This is referred to as- A) Great Migration. B) The Red Scare. C) The Palmer Raids. D) A General Strike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Red Scare. 43. What was the title of the first all-African American play performed in Harlem? A) Vaudeville. B) Dance Along. C) Gone with the Wind. D) Shuffle Along. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shuffle Along. 44. From ragtime to the blues and jazz, African American music holds a place of special cultural importance. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Which of the following evidence is most relevant for the theme, it is important to have the courage to take responsibility for your mistakes? A) "Bud's heart sank as he dropped into his seat in the Assembly hall to find seated on the platform one of the officers who had acted as judge before" (Dunbar 213). B) "Bud was too happy and too busy to answer; he was brushing his uniform" (Dunbar 213). C) "Company A is heaping accusations upon the head of the young boy who dropped his bayonet but to me the most surprising thing was the conduct of the boy afterward" (Dunbar 213). D) "But no persuasion could make him wear his uniform" (Dunbar 213). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Company A is heaping accusations upon the head of the young boy who dropped his bayonet but to me the most surprising thing was the conduct of the boy afterward" (Dunbar 213). 46. What was Billie Holiday's birth name? A) Alexandra King. B) Lucille Fay. C) Eleanora Fagan. D) Christina Crawford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eleanora Fagan. 47. This actor was a supporter of political causes, his performances took him around the world. A) Sidney Poitier. B) Paul Robeson. C) Denzel Washington. D) James Earl Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul Robeson. 48. More African Americans moved to Northern States than ever before, this process was known as ..... A) The Harlem Renaissance. B) Industrialization. C) The Great Immigration. D) The Great Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Migration. 49. What was the Great Migration? A) A movement of African Americans from the South to the North. B) A movement of African Americans from the North to the South. C) A movement of African Americans from the urban to the rural areas. D) A movement of African Americans from the East to the West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A movement of African Americans from the South to the North. 50. Which country did Langston Hughs visit, leading to allegations he was a communist? A) China. B) Cuba. C) Russia. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 51. How did the Harlem Renaissance challenge traditional literary forms and styles? A) By incorporating African American culture, language, and experiences into literature, poetry, and art. B) By sticking to traditional European literary forms and styles. C) By completely ignoring African American culture and experiences. D) By avoiding any mention of race or ethnicity in their work . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By incorporating African American culture, language, and experiences into literature, poetry, and art. 52. The actors in a play or movie A) Cast. B) Timeless. C) Dialect. D) Lavish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cast. 53. ..... is a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material A) Transcendentalism. B) Transcendental Club. C) Industrialism. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendentalism. 54. How does the speaker describe her life in the first seven lines? A) As a luxurious and beautiful staircase. B) As difficult and painful climb. C) As flawless and without pain. D) As a bizarre, or strange, spiral staircase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As difficult and painful climb. 55. Which word created the most repetition in "I Hear America Singing" ? A) Singing. B) Song. C) Worker. D) Carols. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singing. 56. The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about poor migrant workers moving west for work, was written by ..... A) John Steinbeck. B) Langston Hughes. C) Stephen King. D) F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Steinbeck. 57. What is the definition of "innovations" in this sentence?:Their innovations would help form a foundation for future African American musicians, artists, and writers, who would confront racism through their art. A) Technological inventions. B) New artistic works. C) Future contributions. D) Legacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New artistic works. 58. Who was not a member of the Allies? A) Germany. B) France. C) Great Britain. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germany. 59. All were examples of Jim Crow laws except A) Segregated drinking fountains. B) "White's only" restaurants. C) Segregated drinking fountains. D) The NRA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The NRA. 60. The Harlem Renaissance helped prove that A) Langston Hughes is the best poet. B) African-Americans are better off when separated from other ethnic groups. C) Only African Americans can play jazz. D) Art includes everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Art includes everyone. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesHarlem Renaissance Quiz 1Harlem Renaissance Quiz 3Harlem Renaissance Quiz 4Harlem Renaissance Quiz 5Harlem Renaissance Quiz 6Harlem Renaissance Quiz 7Harlem Renaissance Quiz 8Harlem Renaissance Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books