This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Theme for English B" was about A) Hughes receiving his first B in a college class. B) The theme of a poem Hughes read for his college class. C) A paper Hughes was asked to write for his English class in college. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A paper Hughes was asked to write for his English class in college. 2. What is the poem "Fog" all about? A) The existential nature of cats. B) Fog. C) The three propositions of imagist poetry. D) The fog is DEATH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fog. 3. All these are characteristics of a Shakespearean Sonnet EXCEPT: A) Contains fourteen lines. B) Contains ten syllables per line. C) Follows a ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG rhyme scheme. D) Contains themes of anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contains themes of anger. 4. Langston Hughes is known for his ....., which combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots. A) Poems. B) Artwork. C) Music. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poems. 5. Who turned to blues for a poetic form derived from and answering to the desires, needs, and aesthetic sensibilities of the black working class? A) Langston Hughes. B) Ella Johnson. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Maya Angelou. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 6. How does Hughes make "Let America Be America Again" personal for readers? A) He says he is a poor man from Harlem. B) He talks about his childhood. C) He says "I am" all the time. D) He talks about God loving everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He says "I am" all the time. 7. Literature was at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance. Writers centered their work around black lives and experiences. Many works included commentary on race and racism. Langston Hughes, one of the most famous authors of the Harlem Renaissance, is best known for his poetry about working class African-American life. Music also informed Hughes' work. He wrote many poems influenced by the distinct styles of jazz and blues. Novelist Zora Neale Hurston found inspiration in African-American folklore and often used black vernacular in her dialogue. Others, like Claude McKay, stuck to more traditional literary styles like sonnets. McKay wrote extensively about life in Jamaica, which he contrasted with the pain and difficulty of being black in the United States.There was not one single style or political ideal behind the Harlem Renaissance. The movement encompassed African-American expression of all kinds. As a result, many black authors rejected the pressures to appeal to white audiences. Which of the following is not true about literature during the Harlem Renaissance? A) All authors wrote in the same style. B) Some works were influenced by black music and folklore. C) Writers frequently discussed race and racism in their works. D) Literature depicted many different African-American experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All authors wrote in the same style. 8. Formal or stately in bearing or appearance A) Dignified. B) Elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dignified. 9. Why did African-Americans leave the South after the Civil War? A) To escape slavery. B) To find farming jobs. C) To avoid racial discrimination. D) To gain citizenship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avoid racial discrimination. 10. Who received NAACP's Spingarn Medal? A) Charles Giplin. B) Duke Ellington. C) Adelaide Hall. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Giplin. 11. Which war tactic of World War I caused soldiers to endure terrible living conditions? A) Armored tanks. B) U-boats. C) Dogfights from the air. D) Trench warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trench warfare. 12. What was the summer of 1919 known as due to the racial riots and bloodshed that occurred? A) The Civil Rights Summer. B) The Red Summer. C) The Great Migration Summer. D) The Harlem Hellfighters Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Red Summer. 13. The rebirth of African American arts and culture is known as: A) The Industrial Revolution. B) The Harlem Renaissance. C) Napoleonic Era. D) Edwardian period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Harlem Renaissance. 14. This musical play was written and performed by an all-black cast and crew and debuted in Harlem, New York City in the year 1921. A) Why Can't We All Just Get Along?. B) Shuffle Along. C) Run Along. D) Shuffle the Deck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shuffle Along. 15. What was one of the most important factors that led to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance? A) The migration of black people from the South to urban centers. B) The end of the Jim Crow era. C) The establishment of blues and jazz clubs in Harlem. D) The compilation of literary work by Alain Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The migration of black people from the South to urban centers. 16. Read this sentence from paragraph 10 of Passage 2. "In writing jazz poetry, Hughes showed his conviction that to paint a self-portrait of theAfrican American experience, he had to dip his brush deep into the texture, sounds, andscenes of African American culture." In this sentence, what is the effect of the author's use of a metaphor comparing Hughes to apainter? A) A. It emphasizes Hughes' creativity as a poet. B) B. It emphasizes the visual nature of Hughes' poetry. C) C. It emphasizes how Hughes was different from other poets. D) D It emphasizes the importance of painting in the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It emphasizes Hughes' creativity as a poet. 17. A massive, global armed conflict of the early 20th century A) World War I. B) Expatriate. C) Imagism. D) Lost Generation. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World War I. 18. The Jim Crow Laws caused A) Segregation. B) African Americans to be banned from voting. C) Family separation. D) National laws against African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segregation. 19. Which of the following was a major factor influencing the Harlem Renaissance? A) The Great Migration. B) Collective Identity. C) Cultural Pride. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. What does the article mean when it says the Great Migration was caused by a "push" and "pull" ? A) A "push" and "pull" newly invented train system took many families North. B) At the same time Jim Crow laws and white supremacy was pushing Black families away from the South, the hope of new jobs and a booming economy pulled families to the North. C) Black families were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the same time Jim Crow laws and white supremacy was pushing Black families away from the South, the hope of new jobs and a booming economy pulled families to the North. ← 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