This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Langston Hughes was a poet, activist, columnist (newspaper writer) and also A) He wrote plays. B) He wrote cook books. C) He wrote laws. D) He wrote music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wrote plays. 2. Who of the following was a famous comedian? A) Duke Ellington. B) Moms Mabley. C) Countee Cullin. D) Aaron Douglas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moms Mabley. 3. One of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work. A) Duke Ellington. B) Cab Calloway. C) Louis Armstrong. D) Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Langston Hughes. 4. A famous writer of the Harlem Renaissance was: A) Langston Hughes. B) Zora Neal Hurston. C) Dr Seuss. D) J.K. Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zora Neal Hurston. 5. Which artist is known for his powerful and emotional portraits of African-American subjects, often depicting the struggles and triumphs of the black community? A) Vincent van Gogh. B) Aaron Douglas. C) Pablo Picasso. D) Leonardo da Vinci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aaron Douglas. 6. What were small farmers in the South farmers who rented their land and homes known as A) Sharecroppers. B) Land agents. C) Merchants. D) Investment Bankers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharecroppers. 7. Language that is spoken in a particular area or by a particular group and differs from other forms of the same language A) Dialect. B) Cast. C) Lavish. D) Timeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 8. This person is the most well-known Harlem Renaissance poet. A) Langston Hughes. B) Countee Cullen. C) Billie Holiday. D) Aaron Douglas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 9. The paper is an argumentative paper A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. In the line, "America never was America to me", what is the speaker asserting? A) The speaker is hindered from experiencing opportunities of America. B) African Americans will never truly be free. C) Fortunate to experience equality of America. D) Experiencing racial injustice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker is hindered from experiencing opportunities of America. 11. Which of the following was designed to secure "mutual guarantees of political independence" after WWI? A) Fourteen Points. B) Reparations. C) League of Nations. D) Reparations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) League of Nations. 12. How was the Harlem Renaissance a product of the Great Migration? A) Many who migrated north ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as art and music. B) The Harlem Renaissance was not a product of the Great Migration. They have nothing in common. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many who migrated north ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as art and music. 13. Which Harlem Renaissance writer wrote the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God? A) Claude McKay. B) Countee Cullen. C) Langston Hughes. D) Zora Neal Hurston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zora Neal Hurston. 14. Which of the following is NOT a prolific poet of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Duke Ellington. B) Langston Hughes. C) Claude McKay. D) Countee Cullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duke Ellington. 15. Which poet reflected the experiences of working-class Black people in their poetry? A) Langston Hughes. B) James Weldon Johnson. C) Arthur Schomburg. D) Claude McKay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 16. Which dance became popular during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Charleston. B) Harlem Shake. C) Harlem Tapdance. D) The cha cha slide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charleston. 17. What evidence best shows a TENSE tone? A) "She came right on in, and began messing around". B) "[She] had sprinkled 'travel dust' around the doorstep". C) "Hogs have been known to eat human flesh". D) "She had much less intention of eating Mama's baby, than mama had of eating hers". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Hogs have been known to eat human flesh". 18. ..... is a movement in which art and literature tried to authentically depict everyday life in comprehensive detail A) Reconstruction. B) Naturalism. C) Realism. D) Regionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realism. 19. What was W.E.B. DuBois known for? A) Documenting the African American experience in America through his book. B) Creating music about the African American experience. C) Fighting for America in the Civil War. D) Creating the first Baptist Church in Harlem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Documenting the African American experience in America through his book. 20. In the book, The Harlem Renaissance Party, they meet Jack Johnson who was the first black ..... A) Millionaire. B) Poet. C) Heavyweight Boxing Champ. D) Pilot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavyweight Boxing Champ. ← 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