Harlem Renaissance Quiz 62 (20 MCQs)

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1. Produced over 40 movies during the 1920s that had all African American casts. His movies discussed critical topics from an African American point of view.
2. What was Langston's 1st major published poem?
3. The cultural significance of the Harlem Renaissance was that it was a vital era during which African American culture thrived, producing iconic figures in jazz, art, drama, and poetry.
4. Trial of a Tennessee public school biology teacher for teaching the theory of evolution.
5. "Harlem" by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? The speaker's tone in "Harlem" is best described as
6. (US.28) In what is known as The Great Migration, large numbers of African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities, beginning in the early twentieth century. What motivated this large-scale movement?
7. For what is Adelaide Hall well known for
8. Do you need to answer what the author is saying and your thoughts on it?
9. Who introduced a new form of poetry known as jazz poetry?
10. A group of musicians who play together and who are led by a conductor
11. What does the phrase 'We'll just keep our hearts aglow" indicate about how the lovers plan on dealing with the "dark ..... path" ?
12. A poem WITHOUT fixed patterns of meter or rhyme scheme
13. What time period is the Great Gatsby set in?
14. How were people able to afford the art and parties during the Harlem Renaissance?
15. Jazz singer discovered at the Apollo
16. Who was Langston Hughes? ONLY 1 CORRECT ANSWER!!
17. Who was W. E. B. Dubois?
18. T or F:Langston Hughes was 17 when he wrote his first poem.
19. Which of the following was a key component of the Harlem Renaissance?
20. What was the name of the publication founded by W.E.B. DuBois?