This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... laws were one factor that encouraged people of color to flee the south. A) Jim Crow. B) Sharecropper. C) Douglas. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim Crow. 2. Who provided documentation of African American life during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. B) Richmond Barthe. C) Aaron Douglas. D) James Van der Zee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Van der Zee. 3. 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. 4. Who was known as the "Empress of the Blues" A) Zora Neale Hurston. B) In Larsen. C) Bessie Smith. D) Josephine Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bessie Smith. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. "to get rid of or outlaw" A) Boast. B) Sanction. C) Abolish. D) Commence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abolish. 8. Who headlined at the Cotton Club? A) James Weldon Johnson. B) Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. C) Duke Ellington. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duke Ellington. 9. What is it called when African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North? A) The Great Awakening. B) The Great Migration. C) The Great Pumpkin. D) The Trail of Tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Migration. 10. 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. 11. How has the speaker in "Mother to Son" responded to her life experiences? A) With an intense religious faith. B) With a hope for a happier future. C) With an appreciation for what she has. D) With a determination to keep going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With a determination to keep going. 12. What kind of art did James VanDerZee create? A) Photography. B) Jazz Music. C) Films. D) Paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photography. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. ← 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