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Harlem Renaissance Quiz 21 (60 MCQs)

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1. Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. How does King rebut his critics' claim?
2. When the Harlem Renaissance began, just after World War I, the economy was very strong. People were more liberal and spent more time and money on the arts and entertainment. Though racism was still widespread, art, music and literature created by African-Americans became popular among black and white communities alike. For the very first time in the US, black artists and intellectuals were able to flourish. Many made a living from their work and were acknowledged for their contributions.Some say the Harlem Renaissance officially began with the 1921 musical Shuffle Along. The acclaimed show was written, produced and performed entirely by African-Americans. Many of the actors were veterans of the Vaudeville scene. Shuffle Along brought jazz to Broadway and kickstarted the careers of many of its stars. It also introduced white New Yorkers to black music and culture. The show was so popular that it was said to have caused traffic jams every night outside the theater. The Harlem Renaissance was bolstered by
3. I bit into the perfectly red apple and sticky juice ran down my chin.
4. When the girl chose to ..... her enemy on social media, she did not realize other people would attack her in retaliation.
5. Which of these poems did Countee Cullen Write?
6. What time period did the Harlem Renaissance take place in?
7. Who was the first Black woman to be inducted into the National Association of Women Painters?
8. Who was NOT apart of the Harlem Renaissance?
9. What percentage of Black Americans lived in the South in 1910?
10. Which paragraph from the section "Writers capture the spirit of the times" in the article "The Harlem Renaissance" suggests that writers during the 1920s influenced change in society?
11. What did jazz evolve from?
12. Carl Van Vechten helped the Harlem Renaissance by:
13. Author's point of view means the author's opinion or feelings about the topic they are writing about. Author's develop their point of view by using certain words and information in the text. Which excerpt below BEST demonstrates the author's point of view about the Harlem Renaissance?
14. What was a major theme in Harlem Renaissance art, writing and music?
15. Zora points out that the random and diverse nature of the content of our characters is something that makes us alike. This comment is in reference to:
16. Who promoted the back to Africa movement?
17. When did the Jazz Age take place?
18. What created a false sense of prosperity and allowed people to purchase more luxury items?
19. Served as a symbol for, or represented by something else
20. Checking for Understanding:What was a main feature of Harlem Renaissance Art?
21. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of
22. The principle of "separate but equal" established by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was used to
23. What was the name of the African Americans beginning to migrate to the North in great numbers
24. Which leader wanted equal rights for blacks but continued segregation?
25. Yes or No:Was Booker T. Washington a segregationist?
26. What does techniques mean?
27. The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of .....
28. In the poem "Sympathy, " what does the caged bird want most?
29. The Weary Blues poem won a contest and awarded Langston Hughes a scholarship to
30. Read the excerpt from Studies of Trees, by Jacob Levison. The pines are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and include about 80 distinct species with over 600 varieties. The species enumerated here are especially common in the eastern part of the United States, growing either native in the forest or under cultivation in the parks. The pines form a very important class of timber trees, and produce beautiful effects when planted in groups in the parks. Which strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?
31. What did Marcus Garvey call for Black workers across the United States to do in response to racism and discrimination?
32. The main cause of the Red Scare was
33. How did race relations in the South change after Reconstruction?
34. Who were the Allied Powers during World War I?
35. The artists' from the Harlem Renaissance goal was to .....
36. This man was a bandleader. He worked at the Cotton Club. He played the piano. He wrote his own style of music. He wrote music for an orchestra. Who was he?
37. What effect does Hughes achieve by repeating the phrase "does it" in "Harlem" ? "Harlem" by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
38. Harlem was known as the center of a
39. How did the consumer economy of the 1920s affect the lives of women?
40. What is the tone of the poem "I, Too" ?
41. What is the theme of "If We Must Die" ?
42. Blues singer; called Empress of the Blues
43. Era means almost the same thing as
44. What do the rivers that the speaker has visited all have in common in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
45. Which subtopic is associated with the Red Scare?
46. A sharecropper is
47. There were successive waves of The Great Migration. Roughly speaking, when did it begin and end?
48. "to make part of a larger unit or group"
49. Find a synonym for "reawakening" in this sentence:The city offered better jobs and support of the reawakening of the arts.
50. What does blithe mean?
51. Read these excerpts from Passages 1 and 2. "It was also the period in U.S. history when, for the first time, African American musicians, artists, and writers trended toward being taken seriously by whites." (Passage 1, paragraph 1) "His short-story collection The Ways of White Folks, published in 1934, revealed hisbitterness about the state of race relations in the United States." (Passage 2, paragraph 8)Which is the most accurate statement about the differences in tone between the twoexcerpts?
52. In what ways did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the civil rights movement in America?
53. This person was a poet, writer, and playwright; he was considered one of the key leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote several poems that were influenced by the Jazz Blues.
54. The poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes is primary to reflect on what TOPIC-
55. What system subjected many Black Americans to economic precariousness in the South?
56. What figure of speech did Hurston employ when she says "The front porch ..... was a gallery seat to me" ?
57. The Harlem Renaissance was a time for
58. Why does the story suggest that it was better to be poor in Harlem?
59. Socioeconomic status impacts inequities in health distribution and resource distribution. It can also be written as:
60. Who opposed Wilson's peace plan for WWI?
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