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Harlem Renaissance Quiz 24 (55 MCQs)

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1. What is the author's MAIN purpose in including information about how northerners reacted to the influx of African-Americans during The Great Migration?
2. The state of being in action or exerting power
3. What explanation does Roger give for trying to steal Mrs. Jones's purse?
4. How did Alexander Graham Bell change communications?
5. Which of the following is an example of institutionalized racism?
6. An artistic movement whose power came from concrete images
7. Duke Ellington was a .....
8. People in the 19th century who created Transcendentalism belong to the .....
9. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a(n) .....
10. Langston Hughes was a frequent traveler-however he did not travel to
11. Read this sentence from the article:The African American culture had gained a new respect in New York City, and Harlem was jumping. Which statement below is true about the author's use of this phrase?
12. Which sentence from Passage 1 develops and supports the answer in Part A?
13. Where did 90% of the Black population live before the Harlem Renaissance
14. Who was one philosopher that believed in protesting as a means to attain political freedom?
15. Black History wee, which later became a month long, was started during the Harlem Renaissance.
16. Jacob Riis was a muckraker who used graphic pictures and wrote "How the other Half Lives" to expose
17. This was the first white owned club that allowed black celebrities to perform on their stage.
18. These featured white actors in horribly racist black face makeup
19. Who was the first African-American to win the heavy weight boxing title?
20. Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues!Swaying to and fro on his rickety stoolHe played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues!Coming from a black man's soul. O Blues! The phrases "O Blues!" and "Sweet Blues!" are examples of
21. In "Your World" the word cordons is best defined as:
22. Why does he uses the word giant?
23. What can be inferred about the passage?
24. If I don't get these jeans, I will just DIE!
25. How many African Americans moved from south to the northern states in 1922?
26. What was Langston Hughes inspired by?
27. Many jazz musicians during the Harlem Renaissance used both the jazz and ..... styles of music in their music.
28. Which group believed the US should not get entangled in foreign politics?
29. African-American blue singer who played an important part in the Harlem Renaissance
30. This can be described as "the images that come to your mind when you read or hear something"
31. What was the purpose of the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference and the Kellog-Briand Pact? What prompted them? Was the purpose accomplished?
32. Duke Ellington was a composer. What does the word composer mean?
33. Interpret what Hughes says in the following lines from "Theme for English B": "I guess you learn from me ..... /although you're older ..... and white/and somewhat more free."
34. What does adventure mean in this sentence: "The trip to the mountain peak was an adventure."
35. How is Roger's attempt to steal Mrs. Jones' pocketbook in "Thank you Ma'am" thwarted?
36. What does Renaissance mean? (Hint:it was in BrainPop!)
37. One theme of the Harlem Renaissance is overcoming the stigma of slavery. All of the following would be a stigma of slavery EXCEPT:
38. What are subtleties? (from "We Wear the Mask")
39. When a government official made money off of allowing a private company to drill on government oil fields, it was called
40. How did the speaker feel after breaking free?
41. Led an idea that African Americans should move "Back to Africa" to end Racial tensions.
42. Her signature song was "Strange Fruit"
43. Was not allowed to sing at Constitution Hall
44. Formal friendship between nations are called:
45. What does Harlem Renaissance means?
46. Ho was this phenomenal teacher, poet, novelist, and editor that focused on portraying a true image of African-American life and history?
47. Puritans believed dancing was evil and did not permit it.
48. ..... was known for his trumpet playing and singing during the Jazz Age.
49. A famous trumpet player who influenced the development of jazz.
50. The line in the poem I, Too stating that "They send me to eat in the kitchen, " refers to:
51. Many young people find themselves ..... for a few years, questioning what they want to do as a career.
52. Throughout the poem, what does Hughes tell us about a postponed dream?
53. This element of poetry is the voice of the poem and is often the poet.
54. Served as a symbol for something else
55. Who was one of the originators of 'bigband jazz'?
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