Harlem Renaissance Quiz 58 (20 MCQs)

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2. What were the years of the Harlem Renaissance?
3. Harlem is found in which city?
4. What is the tone used in Hurston's essay "How it feels to be colored me" ?
5. True/False Most black writers and artists were born in Harlem.
6. The Harlem Renaissance was a period of U.S. history marked by a burst of creativity within the African American community.
7. What did lyrics in Jazz songs sometimes discuss?
8. African-American art and poetry sometimes conveyed inspiring messages of defiance. Defiance means .....
9. Many black people moved to Harlem in order to:
10. How is the TONE in Hurston's essay and Hughes's poem DIFFERENT?
11. What was Langston Hughs' first published poem?
12. Langston Hughes wanted to tell the stories of .....
13. Who wrote "Ain't Misbehavin"
14. Read the passage from A New Astronomy, by David Todd. From Polaris a line of small stars curves toward the handle of the Dipper, meeting the upper one of a pair of the third magnitude. This pair, with another farther on and parallel to it, form the 'Little Dipper, ' Polaris being the end of its handle. The group is Ursa Minor. Opposite the handle of the great Dipper, and at about the same distance from Polaris, are five rather bright stars forming a flattened letter W. They are the principal stars of Cassiopeia. What strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?
15. Paraphrasing is key to determining the ..... of a poem.
16. What time period did the Great Migration take place during?
17. A famous writer, known for his poetry. He wrote a poem called, "The Weary Blues." He was the first writer to use African American "vernacular, " which means a way of talking, in his writing. He was also known to write about the African American experience. Who was he?
18. Who was the first Black American to earn a Rhodes scholarship?
19. The "T" in TPCASTT could stand for any of the following EXCEPT:
20. Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation, and ensured that blacks would remain a ..... in American society