This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first line of poetry of a rhyming poem is always given which letter? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 2. "I came on a slave ship, enslaved / from the cradle to the grave / For too many generations / Until the Emancipation freed a nation from the plantations." A) Hip Hop. B) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip Hop. 3. What is the tone of Bontemps' poem "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" ? A) Hopeful. B) Bitter. C) Compassionate. D) Greedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitter. 4. Who was nicknamed 'The Lady of the Song'? A) Billie Holiday. B) Nina Simone. C) Ella Fitzgerald. D) Bessie Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ella Fitzgerald. 5. What did the author struggle with? A) Reading. B) Writing. C) Talking. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking. 6. Despite their contributions to American society, blacks were still feared and judged by whites, due to ..... A) Colloquialism. B) Marginality. C) Agoraphobia. D) Xenophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xenophobia. 7. Which of these poems did Langston Hughes write? A) [in just]. B) "I, Too". C) "If We Must Die". D) "Tableau". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I, Too". 8. Relating to two or more countries A) Launch. B) Lavish. C) International. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International. 9. What evidence supports the tone is the following sentence. The rain is gloomy and very strong. A) Rain. B) Very. C) Strong. D) Gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gloomy. 10. The poet who chronicled the African-American experience was ..... A) Langston Hughes. B) Maya Angelou. C) Bessie Smith. D) Rosa Parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 11. The federal government persecuted her for singing her signature song A) Ella Fitzgerald. B) Marion Anderson. C) Ella Fitzgerald. D) Billie Holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Billie Holiday. 12. What would it be like to climb a strange stair case "in the dark" A) Sad and devastating. B) Boring and unexciting. C) Exciting and adventurous. D) Frightening and confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frightening and confusing. 13. We are all bags of MISCELLANY ..... what does "miscellany" mean in the context of Hurston's text? A) A collection of bad things and negative things. B) Relating to missles. C) Clothing or shoes. D) A collection of various items. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A collection of various items. 14. The highest level or degree attainable A) Pinnacle. B) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinnacle. 15. What does Zora Neale Hurston mean when she says she, "Does not consider herself to be tragically colored?" A) That she does not view herself as black. B) That she feels doomed as a black person. C) That she does not feel like she is at a disadvantage as a black person. D) That she does not think white people are that bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she does not feel like she is at a disadvantage as a black person. 16. The Lesson Learned from a story is called the A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 17. Having to do with written materials, usually in the form of stories, poems and plays A) Literary. B) Orchestra. C) Deferred. D) Oppression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary. 18. Name one influential writer from the Harlem Renaissance and describe their contribution to literature. A) F. Scott Fitzgerald-Known for his novels, Fitzgerald's writing did not focus on the lives of African Americans or their struggles. B) Langston Hughes-Known for his poetry and contribution to the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes used his writing to depict the lives of African Americans and their struggles. C) Emily Dickinson-Known for her poetry, Dickinson's work did not have an impact on the Harlem Renaissance. D) William Shakespeare-Known for his plays and sonnets, Shakespeare's work had no direct contribution to the Harlem Renaissance. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes-Known for his poetry and contribution to the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes used his writing to depict the lives of African Americans and their struggles. 19. When did most of the Great Migration take place? A) During and after the Civil War. B) During and after the Revolutionary War. C) During and after WWI. D) During and after WWII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During and after WWI. 20. The Harlem Renaissance brought together literature, music, visual art, dance and other art forms in an explosion of creativity. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. 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