This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During World War I, American soldiers received a new nickname. What was this new nickname for the arriving soldiers? A) Grunts. B) GIs. C) Leathernecks. D) Doughboys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doughboys. 2. Why did many African Americans leave the South after the Civil War? A) To find jobs in agriculture. B) To avoid racial discrimination such as unfair laws. C) To escape slavery. D) To gain citizenship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To avoid racial discrimination such as unfair laws. 3. The flowering of arts that happened during the Harlem Renaissance worked to: A) End stereotypes. B) Protest oppression. C) Preserve heritage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Who developed one of the most significant collections of printed material about the Black Diasporic experience? A) Arthur Schomburg. B) Claude McKay. C) Langston Hughes. D) James Weldon Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur Schomburg. 5. Langston Hughes was a famous: A) Musician. B) Poet and Writer. C) College professor. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poet and Writer. 6. Harlem Renaissance came after A) The Civil Rights Movement. B) World War II. C) The Civil War. D) The Great Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Migration. 7. Speaker means..... A) The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem. B) The "extra" meanings that surround words; used to create tone. C) Specific kinds of structures, such as using a certain number of lines or a specific rhyme scheme. D) The way the poet chooses to arrange lines in the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem. 8. What was Hughes' message in the poem "Harlem" ? A) African Americans should no longer postpone their dreams. B) A happy celebration of Harlem. C) Enjoying the Harlem Renaissance. D) Soldiers should fight for their country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) African Americans should no longer postpone their dreams. 9. "stir by still" is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. What is the overall mood of the song and what does the singer do to create this mood? A) The mood/tone is fearful and the singer creates this by singing with quick fast emphasis on words. B) The mood is passionate and the singer creates this mood/tone by singing slowly with different emphasis on words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mood is passionate and the singer creates this mood/tone by singing slowly with different emphasis on words. 11. Founder of the NAACP A) Duke Ellington. B) James Weldon Johnson. C) W.E.B. DuBois. D) Roman Bearden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) W.E.B. DuBois. 12. You can best describe the speaker in "Harlem" as someone who A) Abandons dreams quickly. B) Dreams about living in Harlem. C) Wonders about unrealized dreams. D) Helps people realize their dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wonders about unrealized dreams. 13. Hopeful that the best will happen in the future A) Swanky. B) Optimistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optimistic. 14. Which of the following best articulates the theme of "Theme for English B" ? A) Race does not determine our worth, nor does anyone. B) In all circumstances, rise above your race. C) Despite differences, including race, we learn from one another and are connected. D) People are too different to have a real connection with each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Despite differences, including race, we learn from one another and are connected. 15. What is the phrase Clouds soon will roll by used to suggest? A) Trouble can come at any moment. B) It is not easy to see the future. C) Difficult times will not last long. D) Life can move quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficult times will not last long. 16. Literature of the Harlem Renaissance is characterized as being: A) Written by black people about white people. B) Written by white people about black people. C) Written by and about white people. D) Written by and about black people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Written by and about black people. 17. The Harlem Renaissance took place during what decade? During what decade did the Harlem Renaissance take place? A) 1860's. B) 1880's. C) 1920's. D) 1900's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920's. 18. Which of the following is a lasting impact of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Greater political equality for African-Americans. B) An alteration in the way Americans viewed black culture and life. C) A failure to achieve lasting artistic change in the United States. D) Greater economic opportunities for black Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An alteration in the way Americans viewed black culture and life. 19. What does the dream in "Dream Variations" represent? A) The speaker's longing for a place where he can express himself freely. B) The speaker's love of the night. C) The speaker's desire to be one with nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker's longing for a place where he can express himself freely. 20. Which of the following is an example of mood? A) "The room was filled with suspense and anticipation.". B) "The dancers moved gracefully across the stage.". C) "The painting showcased vibrant colors and bold brushstrokes.". D) "The poem had a regular meter and consistent rhyme scheme.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The room was filled with suspense and anticipation.". 21. Information designed to influence opinion is called A) Militarism. B) Communism. C) Propaganda. D) Facebook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propaganda. 22. In 1910, 90% of African Americans lived in the South, and 75% lived ..... A) Near the beach. B) On farms. C) In high rises. D) In the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On farms. 23. Read the excerpt from "I Dream a World" by Langston Hughes. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earthAnd every man is free, Where wretchedness will hang its headAnd joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind-Of such I dream, my world! Based on the dreams that the speaker describes, it is reasonable to infer that the speaker A) Is hopeful all people will experience the same freedoms he enjoys. B) Will do whatever is necessary to gain equality for all. C) Lives in a time and place where equality does not exist. D) Has given up the idea that one day all people will be treated the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lives in a time and place where equality does not exist. 24. Langston Hughes became class poet because A) His white classmates wanted him to. B) His teacher wanted him to. C) He wanted to. D) His mom wanted him to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His white classmates wanted him to. 25. Why is the name of the era, "Harlem Renaissance, " an appropriate name for the time? A) The city of Harlem kindly invited musicians to the area. B) Renaissance means rebirth, and many people of color felt they had been reborn in Harlem. C) It correctly identifies the group's heritage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renaissance means rebirth, and many people of color felt they had been reborn in Harlem. 26. When Ann learned her male peers were earning higher salaries than she was, she complained to her manager about ..... A) Gimmicks. B) Defiance. C) Discrimination. D) Recruitment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrimination. 27. The author grew up to hate traveling and exploring. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. What best describes the idea of the "New Negro?" A) Blacks would enter into the political arena to oppose racism. B) Blacks would speak out against racial and economic injustice through art. C) It was only a major idea in Harlem, New York. D) It focused on greater education opportunities for African-Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blacks would speak out against racial and economic injustice through art. 29. The availability of electricity in the US led to the manufacture and sale of many ..... that could perform many different jobs in the house. A) Appliances. B) Robots. C) Computers. D) Wire rolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appliances. 30. African-American jazz and blues singer whose nickname was Lady Day. She was born in Philadelphia in 1915. A) Billie Holiday. B) Billie Eilish. C) Langston Hughes. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Billie Holiday. 31. After losing his job, Larry was completely ....., unsure of what he was going to do with his life. A) Adrift. B) Taunted. C) Recruited. D) Diverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adrift. 32. American writer and folklorist. Her works celebrate African-American culture. Her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937 A) Billie Holiday. B) Louis Armstrong. C) W. E. B. DuBois. D) Langston Hughes. E) Zora Neale Hurston. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Zora Neale Hurston. 33. Among the founders of this association was W. E. B. Du Bois. A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. B) Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). C) United Nations. D) Free African Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 34. Which excerpt from the article best demonstrates the author's point of view? A) "In the Harlem scene, writers, actors, artists and musicians glorified African-American traditions." (paragraph 9). B) "More than just a movement of writers, Harlem was also home to activism." (paragraph 14). C) "But Harlem brought together some of the greatest minds of the day." (paragraph 18). D) "Though poor, Harlem also had an educated class who made Harlem a center of culture." (paragraph 8). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Though poor, Harlem also had an educated class who made Harlem a center of culture." (paragraph 8). 35. The automobile improved Americans' standard of living by reducing the- A) Distance workers could live from their jobs. B) Independence of women and young people. C) Need for roadside restaurants and businesses. D) Isolation of rural families. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isolation of rural families. 36. The Harlem Renaissance helped to birth some organizations which help and support African American culture A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 37. T or F, Harlem Renaissance poems portrayed hardships but also resiliency for African-Americans at the time. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930? A) The climate was better. B) The housing was free. C) There were more jobs. D) There were fewer taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There were more jobs. 39. Which is a common and effective structure for a paragraph that compares two editorials? A) Definitive. B) Descriptive. C) Persuasive. D) Point-by-point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point-by-point. 40. Even though they didn't believe in everything he said, ..... had an impact on the message of Malcom X and MLK Jr. A) Zora Hurston. B) Antoine Garvey. C) Langston Hughes. D) Marcus Garvey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marcus Garvey. 41. I'm as hungry as a wolf. A) Simile. B) Rhythm. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 42. What were the push factors that compelled black Americans to migrate during the Great Migration? A) The concentration of black intellectuals and artists in Harlem. B) The oppressive conditions faced in the South, including racial discrimination and violence. C) The recognition and acceptance of black culture by white society. D) The rise of Jim Crow laws and the belief in the 'Lost Cause' myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The oppressive conditions faced in the South, including racial discrimination and violence. 43. What technological advancement contributed most to the growth of towns and cities in the 1920s & 1930s? A) Electric lights. B) Telephone. C) Automobile. D) Radio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Automobile. 44. The assassination of which leader led to the outbreak of World War I? A) Kaiser Wilhelm II. B) King Henry Vlll. C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand. D) Napoleon Bonaparte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 45. This poet is known for their jazz poetry style, and role as a leader in the Harlem Renaissance A) Langston Hughes. B) Louis Armstrong. C) Maya Angelou. D) Zora Neale Hurston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 46. In "Lift E'vry Voice and Sing" the lines "True to our God/True to our Native Land" are an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Similes. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 47. This Poet is one of our most famous American poets. He is known for writing poems like, Harlem and Mother to Son. What is his name? A) Langston Hughes. B) William Shakespeare. C) Robert Frost. D) Darius Rucker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 48. An agreement between two or more nations to help each other in defense or trade is as a(n) A) Alliance. B) Fight. C) War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliance. 49. How did Jim Crow laws affect Americans? A) It caused African Americans and White people to live in harmony as they were allowed to eat, worship and travel in the same facilities. B) It caused disharmony by segregating, or separating, blacks from whites in public settings and in many areas of private life in the South. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It caused disharmony by segregating, or separating, blacks from whites in public settings and in many areas of private life in the South. 50. Define oppression A) Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. B) Division of a society based on social and economic status. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. 51. This picture is an example of A) An effect of the Dust Bowl. B) The Great Migration. C) Jim Crow. D) Life of a slave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jim Crow. 52. Congress passed amendments that gave blacks voting rights, and citizenship but some white people opposed this by A) Leaving the country and finding citizenship in Canada which is right above Harlem, New York. B) Giving literacy tests to blacks and charging poll taxes at voting centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving literacy tests to blacks and charging poll taxes at voting centers. 53. What is sound reasoning? A) Explanations of why a claim is true, including explanations of how the evidence given proves the claim. B) Explanations of why a claim is wrong. C) Explanations of why a claim is true, including reasons explaining how the counterclaim is misleading. D) Explanations of why a claim is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explanations of why a claim is true, including explanations of how the evidence given proves the claim. 54. Where did Jazz music begin? A) The south (like New Orleans). B) New York. C) Mexico. D) The midwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The south (like New Orleans). 55. Form means ..... A) The way the poet chooses to arrange lines in the poem. B) Specific kinds of structures, such as using a certain number of lines or a specific rhyme scheme. C) The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem. D) Lines of poetry grouped together and usually separated by a space; often develop ideas, as paragraphs do in stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way the poet chooses to arrange lines in the poem. 56. The speaker in "Harlem" is someone who worries about the idea of people A) Having unrealistic dreams. B) Feeling pressure to achieve dreams. C) Giving up on their dreams. D) Dreaming instead of acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving up on their dreams. 57. Fear of foreigners A) Xenophobia. B) Nativism. C) Nationalism. D) Racism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xenophobia. 58. Who was the "poet laurate" of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Martin Luther King Jr. B) Countee Cullen. C) Langston Hughes. D) Claude Mckay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes. 59. Why were so many drowning in debt in the south? A) They were robbed often. B) The banks had closed. C) Their crops had been damaged. D) They borrowed more than they could ever pay back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their crops had been damaged. 60. Who is the author of "Dust Tracks ..... "? A) Dora Neil Hinton. B) Nora Neale Hinton. C) Nora Zeale Hurtson. D) Zora Neale Hurston. 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