This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence best expresses the author's point of view in Passage 2? A) The author criticizes Hughes's jazz rhythms in his poems. B) The author admires Hughes for his contributions to American culture. C) The author empathizes with Hughes, sharing his bitterness about U.S. race relations. D) The author disagrees with critics who say that Hughes was the best poet of the HarlemRenaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author admires Hughes for his contributions to American culture. 2. The Harlem Renaissance was A) A famous movie. B) A rebirth of the arts, created by African Americans in Harlem in the 1920's. C) A political party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rebirth of the arts, created by African Americans in Harlem in the 1920's. 3. Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor that led to the Harlem Renaissance? A) The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the cities of the northern United States in search of better opportunities. B) African American men returning from war in Europe with new views about race and more confidence about what they could accomplish. C) A rise in literacy levels among African Americans as educational opportunities opened up dramatically in the decades prior. D) Jim Crow laws in the North that prevented African Americans from joining labor unions or being hired by government agencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim Crow laws in the North that prevented African Americans from joining labor unions or being hired by government agencies. 4. The tone of both "From the Dark Tower" and "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" may be described as A) Sorrowful. B) Relieved. C) Apologetic. D) Resentful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resentful. 5. The system of human relationships within a society A) Social order. B) Syncopated. C) Playwright. D) Deferred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social order. 6. Define Jim Crow laws A) Division of a society based on social and economic status. B) State and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. 7. Where did the Harlem Renaissance begin? A) Harlem, Georgia. B) Harlem, New York. C) Harlem, Florida. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harlem, New York. 8. Many African Americans moved North because ..... A) They wanted to escape their slave pasts. B) They wanted to explore the cities. C) They wanted jobs in the North. D) They wanted to write great literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They wanted jobs in the North. 9. An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself A) Agency. B) Consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consciousness. 10. "Oh when I think of my long-suffering race, / For weary centuries despised, oppressed, / Enslaved and lynched, denied a human place" A) Hip Hop. B) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harlem Renaissance. 11. Read the excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail." We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. King includes this sentence to ..... A) Draw attention to the interrelationship of events. B) Illustrate the connectivity of his professional network. C) Challenge the concept of predetermined destiny. D) Explain his plan for a peaceful demonstration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Draw attention to the interrelationship of events. 12. Which statement correctly matches the author and his work? A) Langston Hughes was a novelist who wrote about the strength of poor migrant workers. B) F. Scott Fitzgerald was a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s. C) Jacob Lawrence was an artist who painted urban and Southwest scenes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. Scott Fitzgerald was a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s. 13. What types of culture were a part of the Harlem Renaissance? A) Italian art, sculptures, and architecture. B) Chinese art, clothing, and technology. C) Jazz, African American art, poetry, etc. D) Spanish art, music, theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jazz, African American art, poetry, etc. 14. Henry Ford's main contribution to the US industry was the idea of the assembly line and ..... A) Automobile. B) Mass production. C) Sports car. D) Transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass production. 15. A group of expatriate writers who lived in Paris A) World War I. B) Expatriate. C) Imagism. D) Lost Generation. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost Generation. 16. Jessie Fauset was a A) Magazine editor. B) Dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magazine editor. 17. Paraphrase the following line from "Theme for English B": "Being me, it will not be white." A) He is turning in his theme on colored paper. B) His life experiences make him what he is, and that will come out in his writing. C) The teacher will automatically be prejudiced against his paper. D) The teacher will be able to tell it was written by a black person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His life experiences make him what he is, and that will come out in his writing. 18. What were the causes of WWI? A) Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism. B) Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Isolationism. C) Militarism, Against, Nice, Iguanas. D) Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Impractical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism. 19. The most direct result of the 18th Amendment(Prohibition) was that ..... A) People were mostly in support of the amendment. B) Organized crime in America increased. C) Organized crime in America decreased. D) People stopped drinking alchohol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organized crime in America increased. 20. Which of the following focused on celebrating African-American culture and life? A) Claude McKay. B) Jean Toomer. C) Langston Hughes. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books