This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which element of poetry was emphasized in Harlem Renaissance poetry? A) Alliteration. B) Standard Meter. C) Vivid Imagery. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vivid Imagery. 2. The prejudice against foreign-born people is known as: A) Isolationism. B) Communism. C) Nativism. D) Fundamentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nativism. 3. This event in history consisted of white supremacist terrorism and deadly race riots all across America after WWI. A) The Red Summer. B) The Great Migration. C) The Fall of Jim Crow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Red Summer. 4. What was the cause and effect of the Harlem Renaissance? A) World war 1. B) The Great Migration and it resulted in the unique culture of African American culture. C) American Revolution. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Migration and it resulted in the unique culture of African American culture. 5. The store could rarely sell their electronics after people caught on to their "Buy one, get one free" ..... when the company initially doubled the price of their electronics. A) Discrimination. B) Taunting. C) Recruitment. D) Gimmick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gimmick. 6. What theme from the Harlem Renaissance is most apparent in the poem "We Wear the Mask" ? A) Duality (twoness). B) Urbanity (city life). C) Mix of high/low culture. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duality (twoness). 7. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. This was a major cause for US entry into WWI. A) Lusitania. B) Zimmerman's Telegram. C) Treaty of Versailles. D) The Great War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lusitania. 8. Who was the editor of the NAACP monthly magazine? A) Martin Luther King. B) Malcolm X. C) W.E.B Dubois. D) Donald Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) W.E.B Dubois. 9. Why did the author include the following section in the article, "The Harlem Renaissance" (paragraph 5)? A) The author is showing the similar mindset of many African-Americans of the time. B) The author is showing that many African-Americans were in agreement with each other. C) The author is explaining how the American people became involved in The Harlem Renaissance. D) The author is explaining how the experiences of African-Americans developed The Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The author is explaining how the experiences of African-Americans developed The Harlem Renaissance. 10. "little cat feet" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 11. The Harlem Renaissance took place in: A) New York City. B) Chicago, Illinois. C) Cleveland, Ohio. D) Detroit, Michigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York City. 12. What effect did the Harlem Renaissance have on white Americans? A) It made them aware of the cultural contributions of African Americans. B) It encouraged them to end unfair discriminatory practices. C) It inspired Progressive leaders to take up the cause of civil rights. D) It led them to participate in non-violent protests and demonstrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It made them aware of the cultural contributions of African Americans. 13. Who was known as 'The Mother of Blues'? A) Bessie Smith. B) Ella Fitzgerald. C) Ma Rainey. D) Billie Holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ma Rainey. 14. Read the passage from Theodore Roosevelt:An Autobiography. I could not name any principle upon which the books have been gathered. Books are almost as individual as friends. There is no earthly use in laying down general laws about them. Some meet the needs of one person, and some of another; and each person should beware of the booklover's besetting sin, of what Mr. Edgar Allan Poe calls "the mad pride of intellectuality, " taking the shape of arrogant pity for the man who does not like the same kind of books. Using the context clues, what is the meaning of the word "principle" as used in the sentence? A) Important reason. B) Standard ruling. C) Truth. D) Belief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standard ruling. 15. "I, Too" is a poem in response to Walt Whitman's ..... A) "For You O Democracy". B) "Song of Myself". C) "Leaves of Grass". D) "I Hear America Singing". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I Hear America Singing". 16. What does it mean to migrate? A) To move from one place to another. B) To sleep all winter. C) To hunt for food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To move from one place to another. 17. What is it called when you note important information, questions, and unfamiliar words? A) Citing. B) Excerpt. C) Paragraph. D) Annotating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annotating. 18. In stanza 4 of "Any Human to Another" , the speaker personifies joy and sorrow. Joy is shy, but sorrow is outgoing. It will talk to anyone. What is the speaker suggesting about joy and sorrow in these lines? A) Everyone experiences joy in life. B) Sorrow is rare. C) Life is easy. D) Everyone experiences sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyone experiences sorrow. 19. In the ....., African Americans left the South during WWI to the North for jobs in factories that produced war materials. A) Big Move. B) Great Migration. C) Great Immigration. D) Emergency Worker Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Migration. 20. Why was it better to be poor in Harlem? A) Everybody was rich there. B) Apartments cost a lot. C) You could get nice haircuts. D) It was an amazing place to be. 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