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

Fill in the Blanks

What was the name of the type of shows that would feature white people in blackface?

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

Fill in the Blanks

"This is America" and "Sunday in the Park" both share the predominant theme of (theme in a word)?

Multiple Choice

who wrote "Dead Fires"?

• Arna Bontemps

• Gwendolyn Bennett

• Jean Toomer

• Jesse Fauset