This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 52 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or false:Isolationism is a post war trend in the 1920s A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. A thrilling or unusual experience or an exciting activity A) Adventure. B) Fame. C) International. D) Symbolized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adventure. 3. Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 4. In "America" by Claude McKay-America is ..... throughout the poem. A) Repeated. B) Personified. C) Uses similes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personified. 5. What was the New Negro movement? A) A movement to gain civil and political rights for African-Americans. B) A compilation of literary work by African-American writers. C) A period of cultural revolution in African-American history. D) A migration of black people from the South to urban centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A movement to gain civil and political rights for African-Americans. 6. Famous jazz pianist, composer, conductor during the Harlem Renaissance; Known for big band jazz A) Duke Ellington. B) Bessie Smith. C) Aaron Douglas. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duke Ellington. 7. What was the stretch of land between the trenches? A) No man's land. B) La La land. C) Attack Trenches. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No man's land. 8. The relocation of millions of African-Americans from the rural south to northern and western cities in the US from 1916 to 1970. Many moved to escape southern poverty and segregationist laws following the outbreak of World War I A) Double consciousness. B) The Great Migration. C) Renaissance. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Migration. 9. Author of "The Weary Blues" A) Countee Cullen. B) Tupac. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Langston Hughes. 10. Read the excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. What is King's purpose for including this sentence? A) To emphasize his own Southern roots. B) To illustrate the depth of his religious faith. C) To establish his professional credentials. D) To explain his ties to the city of Atlanta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To establish his professional credentials. 11. What effect did the Harlem Renaissance on American culture? A) It grouped the best black artists of the era into one neighborhood, creating a boom of art and fashion. B) It improved treatment of blacks by poor, white people on the east coast. C) It led to more whites playing music alongside black artists. D) It led to the desegregation of cities in the South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It grouped the best black artists of the era into one neighborhood, creating a boom of art and fashion. 12. American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist. In addition to his many essays and books, he was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 A) Billie Holiday. B) W. E. B. DuBois. C) Langston Hughes. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) W. E. B. DuBois. 13. Checking for Understanding:In the 1920s, Harlem became an important neighborhood for Black Americans because ..... A) Black Americans were legally forced to move to Harlem when they arrived in New York City. B) Black Businessmen bought up real estate here and leased to Black tenants. C) Many migrants from the north moved to this neighborhood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black Businessmen bought up real estate here and leased to Black tenants. 14. How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles? A) They were ok with it because they realized that they lost the war. B) They loved it because it was so favorable to them. C) They hated it because it treated them severely. D) Most Germans didn't really care. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They hated it because it treated them severely. 15. What impact did the Harlem Renaissance have on African American culture? A) The Harlem Renaissance had a significant impact on African American culture. B) The Harlem Renaissance had no impact on African American culture. C) The Harlem Renaissance only impacted African American literature. D) The Harlem Renaissance caused a decline in African American culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Harlem Renaissance had a significant impact on African American culture. 16. Langston Hughes is known for which cultural movement? A) Victorian. B) Surrealism. C) Harlem Renaissance. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harlem Renaissance. 17. Religion as relates to the Harlem Renaissance is A) Having a strong belief in a higher power. B) Believing in the power of nature. C) Having deep rooted faith in God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having deep rooted faith in God. 18. ..... is an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship A) Romanticism. B) Industrialism. C) Transcendental Club. D) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialism. 19. The poet of Harlem A) Langston Hughes. B) Countee Cullen. C) James Weldon Johnson. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 20. What instrument did Louis Armstrong play? A) Guitar. B) Trumpet. C) Flute. D) Trumbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trumpet. ← 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