This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 34 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. T or F, the NAACP organization is no longer in existence today. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Which action was evidence that the prosperity of the roaring 20s was an illusion? A) The buying and selling of stocks. B) The overproduction of consumer goods. C) The sharp increase in the birth rate. D) The widespread use of buying on credit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The widespread use of buying on credit. 3. The large movement of people from the South to the North and Midwest for jobs and a better life was called A) The Great Migration. B) The Great Flood. C) The Great Experiment. D) The Great Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Migration. 4. The speaker in "Harlem" suggests that the results of deferring a dream A) Can be violent. B) Are often predictable. C) Can seem unimportant. D) Are negative and positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be violent. 5. What were some of the efforts made by organizations to secure African Americans' civil and political rights during the 1920s? A) Advocacy for separate but equal facilities. Advocacy for separate but equal facilities. B) Boycotts of African American-owned businesses.Boicots a empresas propiedad de afroamericanos. C) Court battles waged by the NAACP and other organizations.Batallas judiciales libradas por la NAACP y otras organizaciones. D) Efforts to suppress African American artistic expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Court battles waged by the NAACP and other organizations.Batallas judiciales libradas por la NAACP y otras organizaciones. 6. A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who was inspired by jazz music to tell of African-American hardships and resiliency. A) James Brown. B) Lee Harvey Oswald. C) Langston Hughes. D) James Weldon Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes. 7. Bessie Smith was a ..... A) Painter. B) Blues Singer. C) Artist. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blues Singer. 8. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in language A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 9. The "NEW WOMAN" of the 1920s referred to which changes happening at the time A) Availability in birth control. B) New work opportunities. C) Casual dating. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Who co-wrote the song 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'? A) Claude McKay. B) Arthur Schomburg. C) James Weldon Johnson. D) Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Weldon Johnson. 11. What were the oppressive conditions faced by black Americans in the South during the Great Migration? A) The concentration of black intellectuals and artists in Harlem. B) The rise of Jim Crow laws and the belief in the 'Lost Cause' myth. C) The recognition and acceptance of black culture by white society. D) The dismantling of voting rights through tactics like literacy tests and the grandfather clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rise of Jim Crow laws and the belief in the 'Lost Cause' myth. 12. What is the main perspective or point of view presented in this section of the text?Jazz music of the Harlem Renaissance shaped America and the entire world. Jazz was different than other music of the times because of its rhythms, instruments and improvisation. Thousands of city dwellers flocked night after night to see the same performers. The musicians improvised as they played so that no two performances would ever be the same. A) Jazz music was the only music being made in Harlem and around the world. B) Jazz musicians played many types of songs and practiced in large musical bands. C) Jazz music was very different and extremely popular during the Harlem Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jazz music was very different and extremely popular during the Harlem Renaissance. 13. Intended to attract notice and impress others A) Swanky. B) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ostentatious. 14. Because the Cotton Club was segregated, most African Americans rarely got to see some of the greatest Black musicians perform. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Louis Armstrong was a ..... A) Poet. B) Jazz Musician. C) An Athlete. D) Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jazz Musician. 16. A period of great achievement by African American writers, musicians and artists during the 1920's was called A) Carnival. B) The Chicago 7. C) The Harlem Renaissance. D) The Great depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Harlem Renaissance. 17. "The Harlem Renaissance":Which four words from paragraph 11 contribute most to the author's tone of admiration? See the attached image as a reference. A) Enduringgreatnesstreasuresshining. B) Citizenssupplytreasuresshining. C) Shiningenduringcitizenssupply. D) Supplygreatnesscitizenstreasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enduringgreatnesstreasuresshining. 18. Americans who couldn't afford the new appliances purchased them on the ..... plan A) Broke. B) Rich. C) Credit. D) Installment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Installment. 19. All of the following were women's suffragettes except A) Ida B Wells. B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton. C) Michelle Obama. D) Susan B. Anthony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michelle Obama. 20. This President was known as the "Trust Buster" A) FDR. B) Teddy Roosevelt. C) Herbert Hoover. D) Abraham Lincoln. 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