This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Country. B) Hip Hop. C) Rock. D) Jazz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jazz. 2. What sparked the Harlem Renaissance? A) The Great Migration. B) 9/11. C) The abolition of slavery. D) The cold war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Migration. 3. True/FalseMost black writers and artists part of the Harlem Renaissance were born in Harlem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Novel; having no earlier occurrence A) Turbulent. B) Unprecedented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unprecedented. 5. Why does Hurston capitalize "Great Stuffer of Bags" ? A) Because she is referring to a person. B) Because she is referring to a close friend. C) Because it is a common noun. D) Because she is referring to God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because she is referring to God. 6. START OF "I LOOK AT THE WORLD" QUESTIONS:Which detail from the poem best shows how the speaker wants to change the world? A) "This fenced-off narrow space / Assigned to me." (Lines 4-5). B) "I look then at the silly walls / Through dark eyes in a dark face-" (Lines 6-7). C) "That all these walls oppression builds / Will have to go!" (Lines 9-10). D) "I look at my own body / With eyes no longer blind-" (Lines 11-12). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "That all these walls oppression builds / Will have to go!" (Lines 9-10). 7. Which word best describes the flapper? A) Modest. B) Innocent. C) Rebellious. D) Quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebellious. 8. What styles of music was popular during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Blues, jazz, swing, country. B) Blues, jazz, swing. C) Country, swing, jazz. D) Blues, rock, swing, jazz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blues, jazz, swing. 9. Laws that separate the races were called A) Race Laws. B) Anti Colored Codes. C) Jim Crow Laws. D) Separate but equal laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jim Crow Laws. 10. The author's main purpose in this article is to ..... A) Persuade the reader to read more about the Age of Jazz. B) Inform the reader of the great suffering endured by a specific population. C) Entertain the reader with a story about a trip to New York. D) Inform the reader of an important time in American History. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inform the reader of an important time in American History. 11. Define "flowering" in this sentence:The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African-American cultural, societal, and artistic expressions during the 1920s. A) Boom. B) Decline. C) Growth. D) Painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growth. 12. When did the Harlem Renaissance occur? A) 1900-1910. B) 1920-1930. C) 1940-1950. D) Late 1800s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1920-1930. 13. Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group A) Latinos. B) African-Americans. C) Native Americans. D) Asians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) African-Americans. 14. Who was Claude McKay? A) A poet who wrote about the African American experience during the Harlem Renaissance. B) A musician. C) A director of films. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A poet who wrote about the African American experience during the Harlem Renaissance. 15. Louis Armstrong was a/an ..... A) Poet. B) Musician. C) Athlete. D) Artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Musician. 16. The movement of African Americans from the south to the northeast and northwest during the Jim Crow Era in the south A) The Civil Rights Movement. B) The Great Migration. C) The Reconstruction. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Migration. 17. The Harlem Renaissance refers to: A) A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture. B) A struggle for civil rights by the NAACP. C) A program to promote African-American owned businesses. D) A population increase in Harlem during the 1920s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture. 18. In the 1920s, the Immigration Quota Act of 1921 and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial were typical of the ..... A) Rejection of traditional customs and beliefs. B) Acceptance of cultural differences. C) Increase in nativism and intolerance. D) Support of civil rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase in nativism and intolerance. 19. Author is a white Jewish man A) "Strange Fruit". B) "Lift Every Voice and Sing". C) "Harlem". D) "Incident". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Strange Fruit". 20. What does the "reaping" represent? A) Being rewarded. B) Dying. C) Harvesting grain. D) None of above. 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