This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Langston Hughes became class poet because A) His mom wanted him to. B) His white classmates wanted him to. C) He wanted to. D) His teacher wanted him to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His white classmates wanted him to. 2. 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. 3. When Ann learned her male peers were earning higher salaries than she was, she complained to her manager about ..... A) Gimmicks. B) Discrimination. C) Recruitment. D) Defiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discrimination. 4. The author grew up to hate traveling and exploring. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. 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. 6. 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) Wire rolls. C) Robots. D) Computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appliances. 7. 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. 8. After losing his job, Larry was completely ....., unsure of what he was going to do with his life. A) Diverse. B) Adrift. C) Recruited. D) Taunted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adrift. 9. 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) W. E. B. DuBois. C) Langston Hughes. D) Louis Armstrong. E) Zora Neale Hurston. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Zora Neale Hurston. 10. Among the founders of this association was W. E. B. Du Bois. A) Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. C) United Nations. D) Free African Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 11. 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). 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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) There were more jobs. C) The housing was free. D) There were fewer taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There were more jobs. 16. Which is a common and effective structure for a paragraph that compares two editorials? A) Descriptive. B) Definitive. C) Persuasive. D) Point-by-point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point-by-point. 17. Even though they didn't believe in everything he said, ..... had an impact on the message of Malcom X and MLK Jr. A) Marcus Garvey. B) Langston Hughes. C) Zora Hurston. D) Antoine Garvey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcus Garvey. 18. I'm as hungry as a wolf. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. 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. 20. What technological advancement contributed most to the growth of towns and cities in the 1920s & 1930s? A) Electric lights. B) Automobile. C) Radio. D) Telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Automobile. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesHarlem Renaissance Quiz 1Harlem Renaissance Quiz 2Harlem Renaissance Quiz 3Harlem Renaissance Quiz 4Harlem Renaissance Quiz 5Harlem Renaissance Quiz 6Harlem Renaissance Quiz 7Harlem Renaissance Quiz 8Harlem Renaissance Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books