This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 49 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The beginning or early stages A) Onset. B) Unprecedented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onset. 2. Which musical genre became popular during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Classical music. B) Country music. C) Jazz music. D) Rock music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jazz music. 3. The Harlem Renaissance had an impact on the US through ..... A) Radio, Talkies, and Advertisements. B) Television, satellite radio, and movie streaming services. C) Women's Suffrage and the passage of the 19th Amendment. D) Art, Literature, Music, Politics, and Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Art, Literature, Music, Politics, and Dance. 4. What is the significance of AAVE in the Harlem Renaissance? A) It represented the unique vernacular of the African American community. B) It challenged traditional notions of language and literature. C) It reflected the cultural identity and experiences of Black Americans. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Which of the following was a major contribution to American popular culture made by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Classical music. B) Jazz music. C) Rock n roll music. D) Country western music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jazz music. 6. Things were not perfect in the North. African-Americans still encountered stereotypes. What's the best synonym for stereotype? A) Joke. B) Generalization. C) Insult. D) Compliment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalization. 7. Langston Hughes wrote A Negro Speaks of Rivers while traveling on a train to A) Harlem. B) Canada. C) The Angels. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 8. Who was a famous poet of this time period? A) Jacob Taylor. B) Langston Hughes. C) Henry Ford. D) Charles Gallagher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 9. This major dramatic actor's performance in Shakespeare's Othello was widely acclaimed A) Bessie Smith. B) Paul Robeson. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul Robeson. 10. "Let America Be America Again" talks to everyone but A) Native Americans. B) Black people. C) White people. D) Rich people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rich people. 11. What was the Civil Rights Movement? A) Beginning during the Harlem Renaissance, it was the push for racial integrations that eventually became popular in the 1960s. B) A popular African American arts society in the 1920s. C) A group of politicians that started a new society for all Americans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning during the Harlem Renaissance, it was the push for racial integrations that eventually became popular in the 1960s. 12. The small insect that devastated the cotton crop in the South was A) Boll Weevil. B) Fire Ants. C) Bumble Bee. D) Ladybugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boll Weevil. 13. The United States joined World War I on the side of ..... A) The Central Powers. B) The Allied Powers. C) The Axis Powers. D) The European Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Allied Powers. 14. Which musician helped popularize big band style jazz music in the United States? A) Ma Rainey. B) Duke Ellington. C) Eubie Blake. D) Billie Holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duke Ellington. 15. This device compares two unlike things. Like a woman to a bird. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. What type of poems express personal feelings and emotions? A) Humorous. B) Lyrical. C) Narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyrical. 17. Which art form was NOT represented in the Harlem Renaissance? A) Painting and art. B) Fiction and poetry. C) Music and theatre. D) Architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Architecture. 18. What were the most popular types of music in the 1920's. A) Rap. B) Classical. C) Jazz and Blues. D) Country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jazz and Blues. 19. Which genre of music originated in New Orleans during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Jazz. B) Hip-hop. C) R&B. D) Blues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jazz. 20. (US.28) What decade did the Great Migration begin? A) 1860s. B) 1770s. C) 1920s. D) 1910s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1910s. ← 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