This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the purpose of the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference and the Kellog-Briand Pact? What prompted them? Was the purpose accomplished? A) Remember to answer all parts of the question. B) Mark here to mark the question complete and move on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mark here to mark the question complete and move on. 2. Duke Ellington was a composer. What does the word composer mean? A) A person who writes music. B) A teacher. C) A person who plasy music. D) A person who plays baseball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who writes music. 3. Interpret what Hughes says in the following lines from "Theme for English B": "I guess you learn from me ..... /although you're older ..... and white/and somewhat more free." A) That he has many things to teach his teacher. B) That older people are sometimes wrong. C) That his teacher couldn't ever really understand what his life is really like. D) All the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the Above. 4. What does adventure mean in this sentence: "The trip to the mountain peak was an adventure." A) Waste of time. B) Super boring experience. C) Exciting experience. D) Long nap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exciting experience. 5. How is Roger's attempt to steal Mrs. Jones' pocketbook in "Thank you Ma'am" thwarted? A) Mrs. Jones trips him. B) The combined weight of the purse and his body throws him off balance. C) Mrs. Jones sees what he is about to do and talks him out of it. D) His conscience stops him after he has grabbed the purse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The combined weight of the purse and his body throws him off balance. 6. What does Renaissance mean? (Hint:it was in BrainPop!) A) Rebirth. B) Escape. C) Party. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebirth. 7. One theme of the Harlem Renaissance is overcoming the stigma of slavery. All of the following would be a stigma of slavery EXCEPT: A) Subhuman. B) Intellectual. C) Not trustworthy. D) Not intellectual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intellectual. 8. What are subtleties? (from "We Wear the Mask") A) Hints. B) Lies. C) Whispers. D) Attacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hints. 9. When a government official made money off of allowing a private company to drill on government oil fields, it was called A) Nativism. B) Red Scare. C) Sacco and Vanzetti. D) Teapot Dome Scandal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teapot Dome Scandal. 10. How did the speaker feel after breaking free? A) Confused and lost. B) Lonely and isolated. C) Anxious and fearful. D) Joyful and powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joyful and powerful. 11. Led an idea that African Americans should move "Back to Africa" to end Racial tensions. A) Martin Luther King. B) W.E.B. Dubois. C) Marcus Garvey. D) Malcom X Booker T. Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marcus Garvey. 12. Her signature song was "Strange Fruit" A) Billie Holiday. B) Ella Fitzgerald. C) Marion Anderson. D) A'Lelia Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Billie Holiday. 13. Was not allowed to sing at Constitution Hall A) Marian Anderson. B) Lena Horne. C) Ella Fitzgerald. D) A'Lelia Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marian Anderson. 14. Formal friendship between nations are called: A) Treaties. B) Alliances. C) Clubs. D) Democracies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliances. 15. What does Harlem Renaissance means? A) Was a time when many Black Americans writers, artists, musicians and thinkers came together during the same timer and in the same place to create, innovative, and express themselves. B) Was time when people ride horses and created a fun festival for their community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was a time when many Black Americans writers, artists, musicians and thinkers came together during the same timer and in the same place to create, innovative, and express themselves. 16. Ho was this phenomenal teacher, poet, novelist, and editor that focused on portraying a true image of African-American life and history? A) Claude McKay. B) Jessie Redmon Fauset. C) Langston hughes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jessie Redmon Fauset. 17. Puritans believed dancing was evil and did not permit it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. ..... was known for his trumpet playing and singing during the Jazz Age. A) Duke Ellington. B) Bessie Smith. C) Louis Armstrong. D) Jimi Hendrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis Armstrong. 19. A famous trumpet player who influenced the development of jazz. A) Duke Ellington. B) Louis Armstrong. C) Neil Armstrong. D) Tiny Tim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Louis Armstrong. 20. The line in the poem I, Too stating that "They send me to eat in the kitchen, " refers to: A) White people accepting black people into society. B) White people working, eating, and living together as one. C) White people making blacks second class citizens. D) Black people living together in communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White people making blacks second class citizens. ← 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