Harlem Renaissance Trivia

Harlem Renaissance Trivia

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Poll

How confident are you that you will ace this quiz?

• I'm gonna crush it

• bet

• not overly

• I don't even know what the Harlem Renaissance is

Multiple Choice

In the world of music, what is the name of the piano playing technique that was invented during the Harlem Renaissance?

• The Harlem Stride

• The Harlem Waltz

• Harlem Fingers

• The Renaissance Wriggle

Multiple Choice

Rather than calling his music Jazz, Duke Ellington referred to his music genre as what?

• Protest sound

• Harlem Sound

• American Music

• Freedom Music

Multiple Choice

Which one of these figures did not appear in our Hidden Figures segment at the beginning of each class?

• Mary Angelou

• Hattie McDaniel

• Jerry Lawson

• Katherine Johnson

Multiple Choice

How many people are depicted in "Sunday in the Park"?

• 5

• 6

• 17

• 10

Multiple Choice

What other song by Billie Holiday did Miss Teal mention when we looked at "Summertime" ? (hint: the song was about the lynchings taking place in the South)

• "Them There Eyes"

• "Strange Fruit"

• "Why was I Born?"

• "You Better Go Now"

Poll

Did you ace this quiz after all?

• I crushed it

• bet

• not overly

• what?

Multiple Choice

Who wrote "If We Must Die"?

• Langston Hughes

• Claud McKay

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Countee Cullen

Multiple Select

Which celebrity famously endorsed and was friends with the iconic singer, Ella Fitzgerald?

• Vivian Lee

• Audrey Hepburn

• Elvis Presley

• Marilyn Monroe

Multiple Choice

in "This is America," what are the Childish Gambino's movements mimicking?

• a robot

• Jim Crow

• a puppet

• a vlogger

Multiple Choice

Who is considered "the Father of African American Art"?

• Aaron Douglas

• Archibald Motley

• James Van Der Zee

Multiple Choice

What image can be seen in both "This is America" and "Sunday in the Park"?

• trees

• cars

• a pale horse

• balloons

• a dog

Multiple Choice

who wrote "Dead Fires"?

• Arna Bontemps

• Gwendolyn Bennett

• Jean Toomer

• Jesse Fauset