This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The theme of "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay is ..... ? A) There's nothing wrong with giving up. B) Save the hogs!. C) Never surrender. D) Peace is the only way!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never surrender. 2. When hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved north, this was called ..... A) Jim Crow. B) Roaring 20s. C) Harlem Renaissance. D) Great Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Migration. 3. What is the definition of "artistic pioneers" ? A) People who create new music, paintings, writings, and other forms of art. B) People who first settle into a region. C) A group of foot soldiers who move ahead of the group. D) People who are a part of a band. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who create new music, paintings, writings, and other forms of art. 4. ..... laws were one factor that encouraged people of color to flee the south. A) Douglas. B) Sharecropper. C) Immigration. D) Jim Crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim Crow. 5. Who provided documentation of African American life during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Aaron Douglas. B) Richmond Barthe. C) James Van der Zee. D) Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Van der Zee. 6. What is the overall text structure? A) Compare and Contrast. B) Cause and Effect. C) Description. D) Problem and Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Description. 7. Who was known as the "Empress of the Blues" A) Zora Neale Hurston. B) Bessie Smith. C) In Larsen. D) Josephine Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bessie Smith. 8. What literary device does Georgia Douglas Johnson employ in her poem "The Heart of a Woman" ? "The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on" A) Allusion. B) Duality. C) Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 9. What was the impact of the Great Migration on northern cities? A) The Great Migration had no impact on northern cities. B) The Great Migration led to a decline in the population of northern cities. C) The Great Migration led to an increase in the population of northern cities, transforming their cultural, social, and political landscape. D) The Great Migration led to an increase in the population of northern cities, but had no other impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Migration led to an increase in the population of northern cities, transforming their cultural, social, and political landscape. 10. "to get rid of or outlaw" A) Abolish. B) Commence. C) Sanction. D) Boast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abolish. 11. Who headlined at the Cotton Club? A) Duke Ellington. B) James Weldon Johnson. C) Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duke Ellington. 12. What is it called when African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North? A) The Great Migration. B) The Trail of Tears. C) The Great Awakening. D) The Great Pumpkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Migration. 13. The Harlem Renaissance was considered to be the rebirth of what? A) African American life. B) African American literature. C) All of the these. D) African American art. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the these. 14. How has the speaker in "Mother to Son" responded to her life experiences? A) With a hope for a happier future. B) With a determination to keep going. C) With an intense religious faith. D) With an appreciation for what she has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a determination to keep going. 15. What kind of art did James VanDerZee create? A) Photography. B) Paintings. C) Films. D) Jazz Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photography. 16. The two things that started the great migration North were A) Fleas and ticks. B) A gold rush and scarlet fever. C) The price of cotton dropped and the boll weevil ruined crops. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The price of cotton dropped and the boll weevil ruined crops. 17. Which of the following was NOT one of the three top destinations for the Great Migration? A) Detroit. B) Dallas. C) Chicago. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dallas. 18. Which sentence uses the word renaissance in the correct way? A) The renaissance was hideous because of how big the feet were. B) I cannot believe she wore the renaissance like that!. C) A renaissance usually makes a huge impact on the culture and life of a community or country. D) I hate eating the renaissance. It tastes so bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A renaissance usually makes a huge impact on the culture and life of a community or country. 19. What is the significance of the Harlem Renaissance in American history? A) It was a period of great economic growth. B) It was a period of significant cultural and artistic contributions by African Americans. C) It was a period of political unrest. D) It was a period of technological advancements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was a period of significant cultural and artistic contributions by African Americans. 20. Why did African-Americans move to northern cities in such large numbers during World War I and the 1920s? A) To escape the draft and military service. B) To fill the abundance of low-skilled jobs in northern factories. C) To expose northern whites to African-American Culture. D) To flee religious persecution by northern whites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To fill the abundance of low-skilled jobs in northern factories. 21. One of the hallmarks of jazz is improvisation. What does this mean? A) Musicians have creative freedom to change parts of a performance meaning no two performances were the same. B) No practice was done before a concert and no sheet music was allowed at performances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Musicians have creative freedom to change parts of a performance meaning no two performances were the same. 22. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was nicknamed ..... A) Grandma of Jazz. B) Empress of the Blues. C) Godmother of Rock & Roll. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Godmother of Rock & Roll. 23. Which of the following statements best explains why Romanticism and Transcendentalism rejected industrialism? A) Industrialism discouraged people from organized religion and faith, while Romanticism and Transcendentalism prioritized spirituality. B) Romanticism and Transcendentalism highly valued the power of nature and industrialism was a threat to the natural world. C) Industrialism was centered on rational thought and efficiency, while Romanticism and Transcendentalism privileged emotion and leisure. D) Americans created Romanticism and Transcendentalism to directly oppose the industrial movement in England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism and Transcendentalism highly valued the power of nature and industrialism was a threat to the natural world. 24. The artists during the Harlem Renaissance most wanted to A) Show off their talents (dancing, singing, writing, etc). B) Document the experiences of their people. C) Separate completely from the rest of America. D) Go back to their ancestors' homeland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Document the experiences of their people. 25. Through segregation, blacks were ..... ; meaning that they were robbed of certain rights and privileges. A) Metamorphosis. B) Marginal. C) Metamorphosed. D) Disenfranchised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disenfranchised. 26. The Americans the speaker refers to in the poem "I Hear America Singing" are- A) Ordinary working people. B) Wounded soldiers. C) Doctors and nurses. D) Great figures in the US history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordinary working people. 27. The "spark" that was an immediate cause of World War I was A) The sinking of the Lusitania. B) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. C) Increased nationalism. D) The Zimmerman Telegram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 28. Josephine Baker was a famous singer in the United States during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What did the article the Messenger encourage African Americans to do during the war? A) Be a passivist. B) Stay home and fight for democracy. C) Fight in the war. D) Move to Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay home and fight for democracy. 30. How did the Harlem Renaissance influence the perception of African American identity in society? A) Leading to increased segregation and discrimination. B) Promoting a sense of pride, cultural awareness, and artistic expression among African Americans. C) Encouraging assimilation into mainstream white society. D) Causing a decline in African American cultural heritage . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promoting a sense of pride, cultural awareness, and artistic expression among African Americans. 31. Who was one of the first black actors recognized for their talents? A) Rachel. B) Paul Robeson. C) William Wells Brown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul Robeson. 32. The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as: A) The time period in which African Americans joined the war effort during World War I. B) A time period when African Americans came to the city to look for jobs. C) A time period in which African Americans fought against the discrimination in New York City. D) A time period where African Americans celebrated their culture and roots through music, art, and literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A time period where African Americans celebrated their culture and roots through music, art, and literature. 33. The Harlem Renaissance promoted racial equality in what way? A) It broke through racial barriers of segregation. B) It made white people treat black people as their equals. C) It made the way black people have the same opportunities as white people. D) It gave all black people a home, an income, and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It broke through racial barriers of segregation. 34. In the 1910s through the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to northern cities including Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and New York City to get jobs and get away from racial segregation. What was this era called? A) The Great Transportation. B) The Foreign Exchange. C) The Great Migration. D) The Great Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Migration. 35. "Never love with all your heart, / It only ends in aching; / And bit by bit to the smallest part / That organ will be breaking." A) Harlem Renaissance. B) Hip Hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harlem Renaissance. 36. In what year did WWI start? A) 1910. B) 1904. C) 1914. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1914. 37. What area of New York did many African Americans move to? It became known for artistic, poetic, intellectual and musical creativity. A) The Bronx. B) Harlem. C) Staten Island. D) Queens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harlem. 38. The most influential advocate during the Harlem Renaissance was A) Countee Cullen. B) Ella Fitzgerald. C) Langston Hughes. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes. 39. Why did W.E.B. DuBois write "Returning Soldier" ? A) To convince Black soldiers returning from WWI to fight for democracy. B) To celebrate Harlem. C) To convince soldiers returning from WWI to move to England. D) To get citizenship for African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convince Black soldiers returning from WWI to fight for democracy. 40. The ..... in Jazz bands are the saxophone, trumpet, trombone, the human voice, and any other instrument that plays single notes. A) Rhythm instruments. B) Solo instruments. C) Annoying instruments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solo instruments. 41. How did the Harlem Renaissance most affect society? A) African-American artists were considered equal to European-American artists. B) Produced great classical music for dancing. C) The artists had children that won major awards. D) People started talking about race & racial issues in America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People started talking about race & racial issues in America. 42. Who was Zora Neale Hurston? A) A writer. B) An actress. C) A musician. D) A dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A writer. 43. Novelist and anthropologist of the Harlem Renaissance; one of her most famous novels There Eyes Were Watching God A) Josephine Baker. B) Zora Neale Hurston. C) Bessie Smith. D) Jessie Redmon Fauset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zora Neale Hurston. 44. What impact did the Harlem Renaissance have on the perception of African Americans? A) It reinforced stereotypes of uneducated farmers. B) It had no impact on the world's perception. C) It created a new image of sophisticated and intellectual African Americans. D) It led to a decline in African American art and literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It created a new image of sophisticated and intellectual African Americans. 45. Why did many United States farmers fail to benefit from the economic prosperity of the 1920s? A) Levels of farm production declined. B) Agricultural goods were overproduced. C) No technological advances were made in agriculture. D) Farm exports were heavily taxed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agricultural goods were overproduced. 46. Which of the following was NOT a push factor of the Great Migration? A) New job opportunities. B) Effects of the boil weevil. C) Jim Crow laws. D) Lynchings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New job opportunities. 47. If you took a plane from the USA to India, your flight would be ..... A) Adventure. B) International. C) Canal. D) Chuckwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International. 48. The state of being widely known or attainable A) Prominence. B) Pinnacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prominence. 49. Where was W.C. Handy born? A) Florence, Alabama. B) New Orleans, Lousiana. C) Harlem, New York. D) Nashville, Tennessee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Florence, Alabama. 50. Best definition for PROFUSE ..... A) Great in amount; plentiful. B) Very little in amount. C) Short. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great in amount; plentiful. 51. Which writer published a collection of poems, essays, and addresses called Darkwater? A) Langston Hughes. B) Palmer Hayden. C) Josephine Baker. D) W.E.B Dubois. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) W.E.B Dubois. 52. ..... was a religious revival where preachers attracted people in droves and brought about emotional reactions and mass conversions with their sermons. A) The Great Baptism. B) The Great Awakening. C) The Great Escape. D) The Great Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Awakening. 53. Stanza means..... A) The way the poet chooses to arrange lines in the poem. B) Lines of poetry grouped together and usually separated by a space; often develop ideas, as paragraphs do in stories. C) Specific kinds of structures, such as using a certain number of lines or a specific rhyme scheme. D) The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lines of poetry grouped together and usually separated by a space; often develop ideas, as paragraphs do in stories. 54. The painter whose work showed the experiences of African-Americans during the Great Migration was ..... A) Chuck D. B) Georgia O'Keeffe. C) Jacob Lawrence. D) James Earl Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jacob Lawrence. 55. Define "industrial labor" in this sentence:World War I and its demand for industrial labor continued to draw African Americans to the area. A) Working in factories. B) Working on technology. C) Working on musical pieces. D) Working overseas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working in factories. 56. The actors in a play A) Discrimination. B) Cast. C) Dialect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cast. 57. The success of Madame C.J. Walker symbolized the growing influence of African Americans in: A) Politics. B) Education. C) Music. D) Business. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Business. 58. During which decades did the Harlem Renaissance occur? A) Late 1800s. B) 1900-1910. C) 1920's-1930's. D) 1940's-1950's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920's-1930's. 59. Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences. A) Integration. B) Conflagration. C) Confederation. D) Segregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Segregation. 60. How does the Black Chicago Renaissance differ from Modernism? A) All of the above. B) It included paintings, jazz, blues, and dance, not just plays, novels, and poetry. C) It focused on the voices of Black Americans specifically. D) It was influenced by the Great Migration. 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