This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 47 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Duke Ellington was one of the most important musicians in the history of recorded music, he composed music and played the ..... A) Cello. B) Trumpet. C) Piano. D) Harp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piano. 2. He led the United Negro Improvement Association and helped promote a sense of black pride. A) Marcus Garvey. B) Alain Locke. C) James Weldon Johnson. D) Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcus Garvey. 3. During the Harlem Renaissance, black artists began to see Harlem as a ..... for creativity. A) Mecca. B) Metamorphosis. C) Brazen. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mecca. 4. ..... focused on making legal changes in the American court system that would undo Jim Crow laws and protect rights for African Americans. A) UNION. B) HRA. C) NAACP. D) Black Nationalist Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NAACP. 5. Laws in the southern states that were made to keep white and black people separated A) Jim Crow Laws. B) Blue Laws. C) Bankruptcy Laws. D) Contract Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jim Crow Laws. 6. In "Refugee in America, " the speaker highly values A) Justice. B) Money. C) Power. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freedom. 7. What was one goal of the New Negro Movement? A) Instill pride in African-American culture. B) End segregation in the South. C) Win voting rights for all. D) Ensure separate but equal public facilities for African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instill pride in African-American culture. 8. "The Harlem Renaissance":Identify each sentence from the article as fact or opinion. A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 9. Which artist was known for painting pictures of the Southwest desert. A) F. Scott Fitzgerald. B) Langston Hughes. C) Georgia O'Keeffe. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Georgia O'Keeffe. 10. Women gained voting rights in the A) 1920s. B) 1900s. C) 1880s. D) 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1920s. 11. Countee Cullen wrote A) Comics. B) Formal poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal poetry. 12. Unaffected by the passage of time, or eternal A) Dialect. B) Cast. C) Lavish. D) Timeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timeless. 13. Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing? A) Each person has a different song. B) People are singing songs no one can hear. C) The songs are out of tune. D) People are singing out of sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each person has a different song. 14. Why did Langston Hughes write "Harlem" more than 10 years after the end of the Harlem Renaissance? A) He wanted to start a militant organization. B) It is a reflection of the forgotten dreams of the era. C) He was not able to write poetry during the Harlem Renaissance. D) There is no significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a reflection of the forgotten dreams of the era. 15. In the poem, who is the speaker addressing and about what? A) A mother is telling a story to her child about her own childhood. B) A mother is speaking to her son about climbing a crystal staircase. C) A son is recounting a conversation his mother had with I'm about the general struggle towards earning a comfortable living. D) A mother is warning her son about the difficulties of life and the struggle to persevere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mother is warning her son about the difficulties of life and the struggle to persevere. 16. This jazz pianist and composer won fame as one of American's greatest composers. He wrote such pieces as "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady." A) Bessie Smith. B) Paul Robeson. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duke Ellington. 17. The result of people on the "buy now, pay later" plan was A) Debt. B) Wealth. C) Homelessness. D) Economic boom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debt. 18. A. C, E, H A) D, H, C. B) A, E, I. C) B, F, G. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B, F, G. 19. How did the Great Migration contribute to the development of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Many African Americans returned to the South after they achieved fame and success during the Harlem Renaissance. B) Many African Americans left the South to settle in the North, drawn by the cultural movement of the Harlem Renaissance. C) Many African Americans returned to the South to reclaim their history, leading to the development of the Harlem Renaissance. D) Many African Americans left the South to forge a new path for themselves in the North, leading to the development of the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many African Americans left the South to forge a new path for themselves in the North, leading to the development of the Harlem Renaissance. 20. Keeping white and other races separate is called A) Segregation. B) Separation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segregation. ← 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