This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who were the prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Countee Cullen were prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance. B) Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker were prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance. C) Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Leonardo da Vinci were prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance. D) Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks were prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Countee Cullen were prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance. 2. Which sentence from Passage 1 develops and supports the answer in Part A? A) A. "However, Hughes was more than just a poet; he was also a novelist, a short-storywriter, a playwright, and a journalist whose work celebrated the African Americanexperience in ways that had never been done before." (paragraph 5). B) B. "During the next few years, he traveled widely and worked at odd jobs, including as adishwasher in a Paris night club, while his poetry appeared in magazines." (paragraph 7). C) C. "Hughes graduated in 1929, and by that time he was already considered one of themost important poets of the Harlem Renaissance, offering glimpses into the beauty andhumanity of African American life." (paragraph 7). D) D "In 1943, he introduced to the column a character he called Jesse B. Semple, who wasa black urban Everyman with a sense of humor and an attitude of racial defensiveness." (paragraph 8). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. "However, Hughes was more than just a poet; he was also a novelist, a short-storywriter, a playwright, and a journalist whose work celebrated the African Americanexperience in ways that had never been done before." (paragraph 5). 3. Where did 90% of the Black population live before the Harlem Renaissance A) South. B) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South. 4. Who was one philosopher that believed in protesting as a means to attain political freedom? A) Booker T Washington. B) Langston Hughes. C) Claude McKay. D) W.E.B. DuBois. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) W.E.B. DuBois. 5. Black History wee, which later became a month long, was started during the Harlem Renaissance. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Jacob Riis was a muckraker who used graphic pictures and wrote "How the other Half Lives" to expose A) The dangerous conditions of the Meat packing Industry. B) The health hazards associated with restaurant kitchens in NY City. C) The pesticides used by farmers in the Bible Belt. D) The housing crisis associated with NY City tenement buildings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The housing crisis associated with NY City tenement buildings. 7. This was the first white owned club that allowed black celebrities to perform on their stage. A) Apollo Theater. B) Fox Theater. C) Cotton Club. D) Harlem Nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton Club. 8. These featured white actors in horribly racist black face makeup A) Cotton Club. B) Minstrel shows. C) Apollo Theater. D) Savoy Ballroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minstrel shows. 9. Who was the first African-American to win the heavy weight boxing title? A) Henry Willis. B) Joe Frazier. C) Cassias Clay. D) Mike Tyson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Willis. 10. Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues!Swaying to and fro on his rickety stoolHe played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues!Coming from a black man's soul. O Blues! The phrases "O Blues!" and "Sweet Blues!" are examples of A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 11. In "Your World" the word cordons is best defined as: A) A hawk. B) Chicken cordon bleu. C) A line or police or soldiers preventing access. D) A stairway to nowhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A line or police or soldiers preventing access. 12. Why does he uses the word giant? A) Because they were tall. B) Because they had a giant impact, people with meaningful legacies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they had a giant impact, people with meaningful legacies. 13. What can be inferred about the passage? A) It contains a meaningful paraphrase. B) It develops an author's perspective. C) It is a resource for further learning. D) It is a fictional story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a resource for further learning. 14. If I don't get these jeans, I will just DIE! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 15. How many African Americans moved from south to the northern states in 1922? A) 100, 000. B) 250, 000. C) 500, 000. D) One million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 500, 000. 16. What was Langston Hughes inspired by? A) Poets that lived in Harlem. B) Biblical proverbs and verses. C) Jazz and Blues. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jazz and Blues. 17. Many jazz musicians during the Harlem Renaissance used both the jazz and ..... styles of music in their music. A) Classical. B) Pop. C) Rock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classical. 18. Which group believed the US should not get entangled in foreign politics? A) Irreconcilables. B) Reservationists. C) Wilson Democrats. D) The League of Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irreconcilables. 19. African-American blue singer who played an important part in the Harlem Renaissance A) Shug Avery. B) Bessie Smith. C) Marian Anderson. D) Mahalia Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bessie Smith. 20. This can be described as "the images that come to your mind when you read or hear something" A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. ← 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