This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of fighting was used in WWI? A) Total Warfare. B) Trench Warfare. C) Subwarfare. D) Guerrilla Warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trench Warfare. 2. This woman founded the National Women's Party & proposed an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. She was A) Dorothy Parker. B) Georgia O'Keefe. C) Margaret Sanger. D) Alice Paul. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alice Paul. 3. In what year did the Harlem Renaissance begin? (Approx) A) 1920. B) 1930. C) 1940. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1920. 4. Define "ambitious" in this sentence:Ambitious individuals who had endured the hard realities of segregation and racism in the South drew together in Harlem. A) Refusing to do a task. B) Eager to achieve a goal. C) Separated. D) To hold out against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eager to achieve a goal. 5. A famous writer known for a novel called, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was also a recorder of African American folk songs and stories. A) Ida Tarbell. B) Jane Addams. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Taylor Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zora Neale Hurston. 6. Illegal alcohol sellers A) None of these. B) Speakeasies. C) Mobsters. D) Bootleggers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bootleggers. 7. True or False:The original name for the Harlem Renaissance was "the New Negro Movement" . A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. To what does the speaker in "Mother to Son" compare her life experiences? A) To a wooden staircase. B) To a bare floor. C) To a dark passageway. D) To a crystal staircase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To a wooden staircase. 9. What did the works of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes have in common? A) It openly celebrated the traditions and rituals of African American culture. B) They focused on the plight that African-Americans faced historically and contemporarily. C) It advocated the "Back to Africa" movement. D) It spoke of the racial superiority of the African American over the white American. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They focused on the plight that African-Americans faced historically and contemporarily. 10. What art movement heavily influenced the visual arts of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Surrealism. B) Impressionism. C) Cubism. D) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harlem Renaissance. 11. What poetic device is being used in the line: "seeking a home where he himself is free." A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 12. Fear of a communist takeover of the United States A) Nationalism. B) Red Scare. C) Xenophobia. D) Racism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Scare. 13. How long did Oscar Micheaux's career last A) 20 years. B) 22 years. C) 36 years. D) 40 years. E) 19 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40 years. 14. Child labor was common because A) Families needed to keep their children busy. B) Schools weren't invented yet. C) Younger children could work faster. D) Families needed their child's wages to survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Families needed their child's wages to survive. 15. Something that is inherited from your ancestors is part of your ..... A) Segregation. B) Discrimination. C) Heritage. D) Gimmick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heritage. 16. Which African American poet wrote about African American culture. A) Langston Hughes. B) Duke Ellington. C) John Steinbeck. D) Jacob Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 17. Who created a colorful collection of paintings depicting the Great Migration at 23 years old? A) Joshua Johnson. B) Toni Morrison. C) Jacob Lawrence. D) James Baldwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jacob Lawrence. 18. African American leader who promoted self-reliance for African Americans; founded the Universal Negro Improvement Society A) W.E.B DuBois. B) Isaiah Washington. C) Marcus Garvey. D) Malcolm X. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marcus Garvey. 19. Which of the following art forms WAS NOT represented during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Art (Paintings, Drawings, etc ). B) Music (Jazz, Blues, Swing, etc ). C) Literature (Poetry, novels, etc ). D) Architecture and Sculptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Architecture and Sculptures. 20. The 14th Amendment A) Gave citizens the right to bear arms. B) Gave Women the right to vote. C) Legalized gambling. D) Gave all citizens born or naturalized in the U.S. equal protections under the constitution (including former slaves). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave all citizens born or naturalized in the U.S. equal protections under the constitution (including former slaves). 21. Where was Harlem? A) Florida. B) New York. C) California. D) Ohio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York. 22. Duke Ellington got his name for which reason? A) He grew up idolizing "The Duke" John Wayne. B) His grandfather was once the royal Duke of France. C) He was always fighting with his "dukes up". D) The way he dressed with royalty-like fashion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The way he dressed with royalty-like fashion. 23. What system replaced slavery and largely excluded African-Americans from equality in the political or economic realm? A) Jim Crow. B) Civil War. C) Segregation. D) Sharecropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim Crow. 24. Why is each person "singing what belongs to him or her and to none else" ? A) These are the only song they know. B) These are the songs they know best. C) A person's individuality is his or her work and song. D) Each wants to sing louder than the others to drown them out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person's individuality is his or her work and song. 25. African American actor who promoted African-American right and left causes A) Peter Paul. B) Paul Walker. C) Pauly Shore. D) Paul Robeson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paul Robeson. 26. This trumpet player's astounding sense of rhythm and ability to improvise has led many to consider him the single most important and influential musician in the history of jazz A) Louis Armstrong. B) Bessie Smith. C) Duke Ellington. D) Paul Robeson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louis Armstrong. 27. What did Langston Hughes think was the best way for African-Americans to show racial pride? A) To blend their culture with that of white culture, and focus on High Art. B) To affirm their own identity. C) As African-Americans, distinct from whites by celebrating the Common Man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As African-Americans, distinct from whites by celebrating the Common Man. 28. Harlem is a neighborhood in A) Africa. B) New Jersey. C) New York City. D) New Orleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New York City. 29. Militarism means..... A) Building up armed forces and getting ready for war. B) Having pride in your nation. C) Trying to build an empire. D) Agreements to help others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building up armed forces and getting ready for war. 30. A thrilling or unusual experience or activity A) Adventure. B) Cast. C) Dialect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adventure. 31. Why did the author include the following section in the article, "The Harlem Renaissance" (paragraph 5)?Many [African-Americans] discovered they had shared common experiences in their past histories and their uncertain lives of the present. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, they ignited an explosion of cultural pride. This time period when African-American culture was reborn in New York City in the 1920s is known as the Harlem Renaissance. A) The author is showing the similar mindset of many African-Americans of the time. B) The author is explaining how the experiences of African-Americans developed The Harlem Renaissance. C) The author is showing that many African-Americans were in agreement with each other. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author is explaining how the experiences of African-Americans developed The Harlem Renaissance. 32. What did Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Josephine Baker have in common? A) They were political leaders. B) They wrote for black newspapers. C) They were famous athletes. D) They were popular entertainers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were popular entertainers. 33. Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education. In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Why does the Supreme Court assert this fact? A) To highlight the idea that a child's potential can be measured. B) To illustrate how desegregation will be implemented. C) To highlight the significance of equal access to education. D) To illustrate the importance of high academic standards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To highlight the significance of equal access to education. 34. What best describes Jim Crow laws? A) Better opportunities for women. B) African Americans gaining full civil and political rights. C) Unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education. 35. Marcus Garvey's movement and the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) were both early 20th century responses to ..... A) The desegregation of World War I combat units. B) The growth of communism in the South. C) The passage of more restrictive immigration laws. D) The practice of racial discrimination in the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The practice of racial discrimination in the United States. 36. Jessie Redmon Fauset was the editor who published Langston Hughes's first poem. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. Our ..... student body includes individuals from over seventy countries. A) Adrifting. B) Heritage. C) Defiant. D) Diverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diverse. 38. A thing that stands for something else; represented A) Symbolized. B) Adventure. C) International. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolized. 39. Carol is an attorney who works to help fight gender ..... in the workplace. A) Heritage. B) Discrimination. C) Recruitment. D) Definance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 40. What was the period when African-American culture was reborn in New York City in the 1920s called? A) The Harlem Renaissance. B) The Great Migration. C) Jazz Music. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Harlem Renaissance. 41. True or False:Booker T Washington was born into slavery. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." You suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children. What is the author's purpose for including this sentence?to explain the disparity of segregated parks A) To illustrate the cruelty and violence of a segregated South. B) To emphasize his personal connection to segregation. C) To describe the daily struggles of black children. D) To explain the disparity of segregated parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize his personal connection to segregation. 43. In what ways did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the recognition of African American literature in mainstream society? A) Promoting only European literature . B) Providing a platform for African American writers to showcase their work. C) Encouraging African American writers to stop writing. D) Limiting the exposure of African American literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Providing a platform for African American writers to showcase their work. 44. How did Flappers look to deviate from the traditional norms of 1920s American society? A) They were able to secure equal pay for equal work. B) After ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, they were given equality under the law. C) They dressed more provocatively and pushed the envelope on moral behavior. D) They discouraged female membership in national unions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They dressed more provocatively and pushed the envelope on moral behavior. 45. What impact did the Harlem Renaissance have on the development of African American literature? A) It provided a platform for African American writers to express their experiences, culture, and identity through their work. B) It led to the decline of African American literature. C) It had no impact on African American literature. D) It caused African American writers to abandon their cultural identity . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It provided a platform for African American writers to express their experiences, culture, and identity through their work. 46. How were people able to afford the art parties, and other things that were part of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Many people moved to Harlem. B) Sharecroppers earned a lot of money. C) The economy was very good. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The economy was very good. 47. Which Amendment gave women the right to vote? A) 16th. B) 19th. C) 17th. D) 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19th. 48. The American movie industry was controlled by a handful of huge studios in A) London, England. B) Mrs. Fox's backyard. C) New York City. D) Hollywood, California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hollywood, California. 49. What is the Black Chicago Renaissance? A) A creative movement that blossomed out of Chicago's West Side, similar to the Harlem Renaissance. B) A creative movement that blossomed out of Chicago's South Side, similar to the Harlem Renaissance. C) A creative movement that blossomed out of Chicago's North Side, similar to the Harlem Renaissance. D) A creative movement that blossomed out of Chicago's East Side, similar to the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A creative movement that blossomed out of Chicago's South Side, similar to the Harlem Renaissance. 50. Harlem is a neighborhood in Harlem es un barrio en A) New York CityNueva York. B) New Jersey. C) The Angels. D) New OrleansNueva Orleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York CityNueva York. 51. According to the speaker in "From the Dark Tower, " those who have been unable to reap what they sowed will A) Continue working and weep eternally for their loved ones. B) Gather available seeds and tell their brothers to store them. C) Keep their fruit and wait for the opportunity to sell it themselves. D) Hide their wounds and wait for the time when their suffering will end. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hide their wounds and wait for the time when their suffering will end. 52. What is the theme of [in just]? A) Spring. B) Balloooooonmannnnn. C) Good vs. Evil. D) Youth & loss of innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Youth & loss of innocence. 53. Who, according to the article, was the most prolific writer of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Langston Hughes. B) Claude McKay. C) Eubie Blake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 54. Lansgton Hughes rose to popularity during the time period of ..... A) The 1950s. B) The Harlem Renaissance. C) World War I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Harlem Renaissance. 55. When a group of people are unlike each other, they are said to be ..... A) Diverse. B) Defiant. C) Segregated. D) Adrift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diverse. 56. The belief that one race of people is superior to others, and/or the actions or policies resulting from that belief A) Consumerism. B) Nationalism. C) Racism. D) Nativism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Racism. 57. (US.28) The Great Migration involved the movement of approximately 6 million African-Americans from the rural south to urban centers in the north. What was one of the things that led to this massive wave of migration? A) "Dust Bowl" conditions in the Mid-west. B) The end of sharecropping jobs in the rural South. C) Labor shortages created by World War I. D) The "Boll Weevil Crisis" that destroyed southern cotton crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Labor shortages created by World War I. 58. "One day I'm gonna bust / Blow up on this society / Why did ya lie to me? / I couldn't find a trace of equality." A) Hip Hop. B) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip Hop. 59. The Harlem Renaissance reached it's peak during ..... A) 1930's. B) 1910's. C) 1920's. D) 1900's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920's. 60. The author's point of view about a topic is defined as ..... A) Their way of life. B) What they think and what they believe. C) How many kids they have. 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