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Harlem Renaissance Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

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1. Having success, wealth, or good fortune
2. What surprising suggestion does Luella Jones make to have solved Roger's need/want for money in "Thank you Ma'am" ?
3. The speaker in "I, Too" predicts that the darker brother will
4. What was the role of literature in the Harlem Renaissance?
5. What did African Americans bring to Harlem to change the culture?
6. When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?
7. Millions of Black Americans migrated North during the early 1900s and into the 1920s. This is known as:
8. 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. Which addition would make the paragraph more objective and effective?
9. Figurative Language or Literal Language? The city became a melting pot for all social classes.
10. Which statement about Langston Hughes is NOT true?
11. In many of her novels, books of folklore, poetry, and short stories, this writer portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Americans.
12. W.E.B. DuBois was a founder of this association
13. The mood of a given text is .....
14. To start something with enthusiasm
15. Zora Neale Hurston realized she was a, "little colored girl" when .....
16. Leading African American jazz player during the Harlem Renaissance. His trumpet style influenced many later musicians
17. Which of the following is not a common theme of Harlem Renaissance literature?
18. What was a consequence of the Great Migration for northern and Midwestern cities?
19. Read the paragraphs. Uninsured people are less likely to receive medical care and more likely to have poor health status. The cost of poor health among uninsured people was almost $ 125 billion in 2004 (Hadley & Holahan, 2004). The financial burden of medical care is also high for uninsured individuals; almost 50% of personal bankruptcy filings are due to medical expenses (Jacoby, et al., 2000). Uninsured individuals report more problems getting care, are diagnosed at later disease stages, and get less therapeutic care. To support the claim that the lack of health insurance is a financial burden, the author uses .....
20. A treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I
21. What was the tone in W.E.B. DuBois' article "The Migration of Negroes" ?
22. The NAACP still exists today.
23. Read the descriptions of rhyme schemes below. Free verse:poetry that does not use a consistent rhyme schemeIambic pentameter:a poetic rhyme scheme in which each rhyming line has ten syllablesBlank verse:poetry that uses unrhymed iambic pentameterRhyming couplets:a series of two consecutive lines that rhyme in a poem Based on the descriptions, what rhyme scheme does the poem "Harlem" use? "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. Or does it explode?
24. What were some challenges faced by Black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?
25. A widespread reputation, especially for great achievement; popular
26. In the poem "We Wear the Mask, " for what is the mask a metaphor?
27. Langston Hughes was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance
28. Describe the role of music and visual arts in the cultural impact of the Harlem Renaissance.
29. Which painter designed the dust jacket of A Long Way Home?
30. This happened as a result of African Americans wanting more opportunities for success and job security.
31. Which of the following did African Americans' use in Harlem to help start the Harlem Renaissance and raise awareness of African American Culture?
32. "Theme for English B":After reading poem and analyzing, the word theme, as it is used in the title, most likely means:
33. For hundreds of years, black people were marginalized in this country. Marginalized means .....
34. Zora Neale Hurston was NOT a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
35. The theme in "Incident" by Cullen
36. What is most likely the author's reason for including the photo and caption at the bottom of the first page of the article?
37. African American jazz musician and composer. His orchestra achieved worldwide fame
38. Hip Hop OR Harlem Renaissance? "People, people we are the same / No we're not the same / Cause we don't know the game /What we need is awareness, we can't get careless"
39. Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?
40. "What though before us lies the open grave? / Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, / Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!"
41. What does Zora Neale Hurston compare her porch in Eatonville to?
42. A later movement that could be considered a direct descendant of the Harlem Renaissance is
43. A widespread reputation
44. What is evidence?
45. Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
46. After World War I, which factor was a major cause of the migration of many African Americans to the North?
47. T or F:The KKK has been around for centuries, but re-emerged in 1915.
48. Russia, Great Britain, and France were all part of the
49. ..... was a popular pianist and composer and was the founder of the "big band" sound in jazz.
50. Short answer question:What part did advances in technology play in the creation of the "New Woman" ? What group of women was largely excluded from this progress?
51. What was an important theater in the Harlem Renaissance?
52. To cause continual trouble or distress
53. The Harlem Renaissance provided a voice to the African American culture. Which of the following was a theme from this time period.
54. Which of the following formats did Langston NOT write in?
55. Both Pilgrims and Puritans came to America
56. All of the following rivers are named in Langston Hughes' poem "Negro Speaks of Rivers" except .....
57. African American soldiers who served in World War I felt
58. Who was the writer of this legendary poem "A Raisin in the Sun" and was a central figure from the Harlem Renaissance?
59. Music in which the weak beats are stressed instead of strong beats
60. In "Song of the Son, " the speaker reflects on
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