This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do the phrases "this fenced-off narrow space" (Line 4) and "walls oppression builds" (Line 9) develop the meaning of the poem? A) They describe the way freedom looks to oppressed people. B) They illustrate how the speaker plans to combat oppression. C) They reveal how oppression limits people's opportunities in life. D) They highlight how neighbors build walls and fences to keep people out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They reveal how oppression limits people's opportunities in life. 2. Who was the most popular black female recording artist in the 1950? A) Dinah Washington. B) Les Twins. C) Ebony Williams. D) Ava Duvernay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dinah Washington. 3. What brought the Harlem Renaissance to an end? A) People got tired of parties. B) Nobody liked the art. C) The stock market crashed. D) It never ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stock market crashed. 4. How did George Washington Carver improve life for farmers? A) He invented the tractor. B) He introduced other crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes. C) He worked as a painter. D) He invented a new watering system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He introduced other crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes. 5. The THEME of a piece of literature, a work of art, or a song, is telling me EXACTLY what the art is about. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What did Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington have in common? A) They were political leaders. B) They wrote for black newspapers. C) They were popular entertainers. D) They were famous athletes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were popular entertainers. 7. To marginalize(v) means to A) Support a person or group with programs and policies. B) Praise a person or group for their contributions. C) Make someone or group powerless or unimportant politically and economically. D) Abolish someone from a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make someone or group powerless or unimportant politically and economically. 8. All of the following were famous musical artists during the jazz age EXCEPT A) Bessie Smith. B) Langston Hughes. C) Louis Armstrong. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 9. Billie Holiday was a A) Singer. B) Writer. C) Dancer. D) Painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singer. 10. Which statement best summarizes the Great Migration of African Americans during the early decades of the 1900s? A) They moved to areas of the country that had not yet been industrialized. B) They left the South hoping to escape poverty and racial discrimination. C) Congress passed laws creating aid programs to enable African Americans to move to cities. D) The U.S. Army provided free housing to the families of African Americans who enlisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They left the South hoping to escape poverty and racial discrimination. 11. Which of the following best describes Claude McKay's views on "America's" future? A) The fall of America. B) American will be reborn. C) A positive change will occur. D) A change in America's physical landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fall of America. 12. ..... was considered one of the greatest jazz musicians in the Harlem Renaissance. A) Leslie Odom, Jr. B) The Weeknd. C) Robert Johnson. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duke Ellington. 13. What were some living conditions faced by Black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance? A) Limited economic opportunities. B) Discrimination and segregation in neighborhoods. C) Overcrowded apartments and limited access to housing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Most photographs taken of African American life in NYC during the Harlem Renaissance were by him A) Oscar Micheaux. B) Langston Hughes. C) Aaron Douglas. D) James Van der Zee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Van der Zee. 15. Which of the following did NOT happen because of the Treaty of Versailles? A) Germany gave up territory in Europe. B) Germany gave up overseas colonies. C) The Russian government became Communist. D) The German military strength was significantly reduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Russian government became Communist. 16. These two Italian immigrants were wrongly convicted of murdering a man in the 1920's. The evidence that had been collected by police did not support convicting these two men, and the evidence actually pointed away from the two. What were the names of these two men that were wrongly convicted of murder? A) Sacco and Vanzetti. B) Mario and Luigi. C) O'Reilly and Sansom. D) Lenin and De Gaulle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sacco and Vanzetti. 17. The laws in the South that legalized segregation were dubbed A) Jane Crosby. B) Jim Crow. C) Johnny Corn. D) Jamie Calloway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Crow. 18. Croning A) Shifting of stresses from normally strong to normally weak beats. B) Make a continuous low humming sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make a continuous low humming sound. 19. Read the excerpt from an essay by poet Langston Hughes and answer the question.We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful.-Langston Hughes, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain"Based on the excerpt, what was the focus of the Harlem Renaissance? A) The movement sought to strengthen the bonds between African descendants of all world cultures and promote unity between them. B) The movement sought to eliminate the influence of white stereotypes and racism and redefine African American culture from within. C) The movement sought to establish separate communities where African Americans could thrive without interference from whites. D) The movement sought to push African Americans to accept the status quo and focus on economic success within their communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The movement sought to eliminate the influence of white stereotypes and racism and redefine African American culture from within. 20. In Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" ..... what is the tone of the poem? A) Angry. B) Humorous. C) Optimistic-looks forward to the future. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optimistic-looks forward to the future. ← 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