Harlem Renaissance Quiz 32 (20 MCQs)

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1. The first line of poetry of a rhyming poem is always given which letter?
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."
3. What is the tone of Bontemps' poem "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" ?
4. Who was nicknamed 'The Lady of the Song'?
5. What did the author struggle with?
6. Despite their contributions to American society, blacks were still feared and judged by whites, due to .....
7. Which of these poems did Langston Hughes write?
8. Relating to two or more countries
9. What evidence supports the tone is the following sentence. The rain is gloomy and very strong.
10. The poet who chronicled the African-American experience was .....
11. The federal government persecuted her for singing her signature song
12. What would it be like to climb a strange stair case "in the dark"
13. We are all bags of MISCELLANY ..... what does "miscellany" mean in the context of Hurston's text?
14. The highest level or degree attainable
15. What does Zora Neale Hurston mean when she says she, "Does not consider herself to be tragically colored?"
16. The Lesson Learned from a story is called the
17. Having to do with written materials, usually in the form of stories, poems and plays
18. Name one influential writer from the Harlem Renaissance and describe their contribution to literature.
19. When did most of the Great Migration take place?
20. The Harlem Renaissance brought together literature, music, visual art, dance and other art forms in an explosion of creativity.