This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Unfair, cruel treatment of a person or group A) Oppression. B) Orchestra. C) Swing. D) Bouncers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oppression. 2. What does Dunbar mean by the words "shivering bark" ? A) A cold tree. B) A dog barking while cold. C) A ship at sea. D) An airplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A ship at sea. 3. True or False:Louis Armstrong's nickname was "Satchmo" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. True or False In writing a paragraph a 'hook' can either be a interesting fact or question. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. When Langston Hughes compares his soul to the rivers, he is saying that his soul is A) Ancient. B) Wet. C) Flowing. D) Muddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ancient. 6. One of the reasons Jacob Riis published photos like this was to A) Disprove claims of yellow journalists. B) Encourage government assistance for poor farmers. C) Increase public concern over tenement conditions. D) Promote the use of child labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase public concern over tenement conditions. 7. Dusky A) Bright, glaring. B) Shadowy, dark. C) Brand new. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shadowy, dark. 8. Why did the US join WWI? A) German submarines attacked US ships. B) Mexico invaded the USA. C) Pearl Harbor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) German submarines attacked US ships. 9. Which of the following would BEST explains the title "Sympathy" ? A) The speaker pities the caged bird because they are hurt. B) The speaker is critical of the caged bird's reason for singing. C) The speaker admires the caged bird's courage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker is critical of the caged bird's reason for singing. 10. These two singers popularized blues and jazz singing. A) Ella Fitzgerald and Roberta Flack. B) Dionne Warwick and Diana Ross. C) Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. D) Whitney Houston and Beyonce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. 11. How does paragraph 3 of Passage 1 contribute to the development of ideas about theHarlem Renaissance? A) It points to the prevalence of racial and social injustice in the United States. B) It gives information about social consciousness in Harlem during the 1920s. C) It explains the significance of the music, arts, and literature of this period. D) It suggests reasons why urban areas in the North offered more opportunities for AfricanAmericans than other areas of the nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It explains the significance of the music, arts, and literature of this period. 12. What was the Harlem Renaissance also known as? A) The Great Migration. B) The New Negro Movement. C) The Red Summer. D) The Civil Rights Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The New Negro Movement. 13. Louis Armstrong was known as the greatest what? A) Astronaut. B) Trumpt player. C) Mathmatician. D) Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trumpt player. 14. "People, people we are the same / No we're not the same / Cause we don't know the game /What we need is awareness, we can't get careless" A) Hip Hop. B) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hip Hop. 15. After slavery ended, millions of African-Americans moved from the rural south to large cities in the north. They were seeking better economic opportunities and an escape from racial terrorism and segregation. This movement was called the Great Migration. As demand for industrial labor increased, many African-Americans took factory jobs in cities like Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. With these jobs came a new black middle class.During the Great Migration, many African-Americans settled in Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City. At the time, most landlords refused to rent to black people. But when an economic downturn in the 1890s led to high vacancy rates in the area, property owners started selling and renting to African-Americans. By 1930, the population of Harlem was more than 70% black.Why did millions of African-Americans relocate during the Great Migration? A) Because the south had more factories than the north. B) Because job opportunities were better in the north than in the south. C) Because large northern cities were more dangerous than the rural south. D) Because racial terrorism happened more frequently in the north than it did in the south. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because job opportunities were better in the north than in the south. 16. Author of The Souls of Black Folk A) WEB DuBois. B) Philip Payton. C) James Wendel Johnson. D) Countee Cullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WEB DuBois. 17. Which of the following are examples of negative connotative words? A) "Joy, " "kindness, " "victory". B) "Cowardice, " "decay, " "failure". C) "Peace, " "harmony, " "wisdom". D) "Beauty, " "art, " "imagination". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Cowardice, " "decay, " "failure". 18. Which theme is present in the song "Changes" ? A) Unfair treatment in American society. B) Race and racial identity. C) A person's place society. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. Literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture in New York, led by well educated African Americans: A) Abolitionism. B) Civil Rights Movement. C) Harlem Renaissance. D) Great Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harlem Renaissance. 20. What is folk art? A) A type of music during The Harlem Renaissance. B) A celebration of African-American Culture and the lives of everyday people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A celebration of African-American Culture and the lives of everyday people. ← 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