This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 66 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the tone of the poem "I, Too" ? A) Sad/ solemn. B) Hopeful/ optimistic. C) Angry/ bitter. D) Joyful/ energetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopeful/ optimistic. 2. What is the theme of "If We Must Die" ? A) Passive Resistance. B) Militant Opposition. C) Peace. D) Forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Militant Opposition. 3. Blues singer; called Empress of the Blues A) Duke Ellington. B) Bessie Smith. C) Zora Neale Hurston. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bessie Smith. 4. Era means almost the same thing as A) Time. B) Time period. C) Period. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time period. 5. Postponed A) Swing. B) Playwright. C) Mainstream. D) Deferred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deferred. 6. What do the rivers that the speaker has visited all have in common in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?" A) They are all in places that have been influenced by black people. B) They are all located in western Africa. C) They're known as the most beautiful rivers in the world. D) They are all deep rivers with wide banks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are all in places that have been influenced by black people. 7. Which subtopic is associated with the Red Scare? A) Fascism. B) Communism. C) Capitalism. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communism. 8. A sharecropper is A) A farmer who works the land but does not own it. B) A person who grows cotton and corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A farmer who works the land but does not own it. 9. There were successive waves of The Great Migration. Roughly speaking, when did it begin and end? A) Begin 1900, end 1910. B) Begin 1920, end 1921. C) Begin 1914, end 1940. D) Begin 1970, end 1980. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Begin 1914, end 1940. 10. "to make part of a larger unit or group" A) Disperse. B) Propagate. C) Integrate. D) Radiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integrate. 11. Find a synonym for "reawakening" in this sentence:The city offered better jobs and support of the reawakening of the arts. A) Agitate. B) Separate. C) Stereotype. D) Enliven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enliven. 12. What does blithe mean? A) Disagreement between two lovers. B) Agreement among supporters. C) Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper. D) Writing a proper sentence with correct usage of capitalization, punctuation and grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper. 13. Read these excerpts from Passages 1 and 2. "It was also the period in U.S. history when, for the first time, African American musicians, artists, and writers trended toward being taken seriously by whites." (Passage 1, paragraph 1) "His short-story collection The Ways of White Folks, published in 1934, revealed hisbitterness about the state of race relations in the United States." (Passage 2, paragraph 8)Which is the most accurate statement about the differences in tone between the twoexcerpts? A) The first one has a proud tone, but the second one has a matter-of-fact tone. B) The first one has a friendly tone, but the second one seems unfriendly. C) The first one has a sneering tone, but the second one has a belligerent tone. D) The first one has an informal tone, but the second one has a formal tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first one has a proud tone, but the second one has a matter-of-fact tone. 14. In what ways did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the civil rights movement in America? A) It had no impact on the civil rights movement. B) It caused division within the African American community. C) It provided a platform for African American artists, writers, and intellectuals to express their experiences and advocate for social and political change. D) It led to increased segregation and discrimination . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It provided a platform for African American artists, writers, and intellectuals to express their experiences and advocate for social and political change. 15. This person was a poet, writer, and playwright; he was considered one of the key leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote several poems that were influenced by the Jazz Blues. A) Louis Armstrong. B) Bessie Smith. C) Aaron Douglas. D) Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Langston Hughes. 16. The poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes is primary to reflect on what TOPIC- A) Equality. B) Racism. C) United States. D) Slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equality. 17. What system subjected many Black Americans to economic precariousness in the South? A) Sharecropping. B) Indentured servitude. C) Apprenticeship. D) Tenant farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharecropping. 18. What figure of speech did Hurston employ when she says "The front porch ..... was a gallery seat to me" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. The Harlem Renaissance was a time for A) Different lands to be explored. B) Cultural celebration. C) Ending slavery. D) People to protest the right to vote. E) Design and wear different clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural celebration. 20. Why does the story suggest that it was better to be poor in Harlem? A) You could get a good haircut. B) Apartments were expensive. C) It was still a great place to be. D) Everybody was prosperous there. 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