This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did W.E.B. Du Bois contribute to the Harlem Renaissance? A) He composed music based on African American motifs. B) He led a movement to return to Africa. C) He wrote plays about the African-American experience. D) He wrote about the struggle for African-American identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wrote about the struggle for African-American identity. 2. An explosion of African American artistic creativity during the 1920s, centered around New York City A) The Black Lights. B) The Negro Enlightenment. C) The Harlem Rennasaince. D) The African Diaspora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Harlem Rennasaince. 3. Fester A) An unhealthy pale appearance. B) When a wound becomes filled with pus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When a wound becomes filled with pus. 4. Who did Hurston compare to "bags of miscellany" ? A) African American Northerners. B) White Northerns. C) Every person. D) Slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every person. 5. "I came on a slave ship, enslaved / from the cradle to the grave / For too many generations / Untilthe Emancipation freed a nation from the plantations." A) Harlem Renaissance. B) Hip Hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hip Hop. 6. Which group wanted to change the Paris Peace Treaty to ensure the US would not be forced to go to war? A) Irreconcilables. B) Reservationists. C) Wilson Democrats. D) The League of Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservationists. 7. "The Harlem Renaissance":Which visual aid would be most effective for an oral presentation on Langston Hughes' contributions to the Harlem Renaissance? A) A timeline of Hughes' life from childhood to adulthood. B) A projected image of one of Hughes' poems from the 1920s. C) A photograph of Hughes as a young man in the early 1920s. D) A list of African-American authors who were mentors to Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A projected image of one of Hughes' poems from the 1920s. 8. Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education. In each of the cases other than the Delaware case, a three-judge federal district court denied relief to the plaintiffs on the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine announced by this Court in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537. The Supreme Court cites these cases because it seeks to ..... A) Describe the unique situation in Delaware courts. B) Illustrate the racial biases of federal court judges. C) Establish the existing legal standard for education. D) Share the unique differences between the given cases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Establish the existing legal standard for education. 9. Scandalous segregated dancing A) Cotton Club. B) Savoy Ballroom. C) Porgy and Bess. D) Apollo Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Savoy Ballroom. 10. Which country never joined the League of Nations? A) Great Britain. B) Germany. C) France. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United States. 11. Artist first known for his paintings about the Great Migration painted in 1940-1941 A) Oscar Micheaux. B) Jacob Lawrence. C) Aaron Douglas. D) Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jacob Lawrence. 12. Which actor/actress played in the NFL? A) Oscar Micheaux. B) Paul Robeson. C) Ethel Waters. D) Charles Giplin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paul Robeson. 13. Hope, Pride, ..... & ..... were all major themes found in artistic works of the Harlem Renaissance era. A) Anger, Confusion. B) Sadness, Despair. C) Love, Sadness. D) Love, Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anger, Confusion. 14. Who are the giants uncle Bates mentions? A) Giants from South and North. B) It refers to writers, musicians, thinkers and artists participated in Harlem Renaissance. C) It refers to black Americans from the Great Migration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It refers to writers, musicians, thinkers and artists participated in Harlem Renaissance. 15. In Hughes poem, what does the word "weary" mean? A) Feeling or showing tiredness. B) Feeling of excitement. C) Loudness. D) Responsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling or showing tiredness. 16. One writer who spent much time researching and writing about the beauty of African American folklore and heritage was A) Zora Heale Hurston. B) Edna St. Vincent Millay. C) Dorothy Parker. D) Phillis Wheatley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zora Heale Hurston. 17. Slavery was abolished after the Civil War. Abolished means ..... A) Started. B) Ended. C) Debated. D) Ignored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ended. 18. Aaron Copland and Gershwin were composers who heavily influenced American ..... A) Music. B) Literature. C) Art. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 19. It's famous Amateur Night was known for brutal crowds A) Savoy Ballroom. B) Cotton Club. C) Apollo Theater. D) Rent parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apollo Theater. 20. Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. How does King rebut his critics' claim? A) By citing the US Constitution in a counterclaim. B) By questioning the fairness of the laws in a counterclaim. C) By praising the concept of social anarchy in a counterclaim. D) By admitting mistakes made by his group in a counterclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By questioning the fairness of the laws in a counterclaim. ← 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