Harlem Renaissance Quiz

When did the Harlem Renaissance movement take place?

• 1950s

• 1820s

• 1920s

• 1960s

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A travelling basketball team

• A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature

• A medieval game

• Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular

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Who was Langston Hughes?

• famous African American author and poet

• famous African American musician

• famous African American artist

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The Great Migration refers to

• The movement of African Americans from the south to the north

• The movement of African Americans from the north to the south

• The spread of African culture after slavery ended

• The advocacy of political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa

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What literary element does Hughes use in his poem "A Dream Deferred" to show his central idea?

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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What do the rivers that the speaker has visited all have in common in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"

• They are all in places that have been influenced by black people.

• They are all located in western Africa.

• They’re known as the most beautiful rivers in the world.

• They are all deep rivers with wide banks.

Which of the following lines is an example of imagery?

• "And then run?"

• "Or does it explode?"

• "Or crust and sugar over"

• "Does it stink like rotten meat?"

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Hughes combined formal poetry with _____ tradition,

• oral

• African

• American

• written

Throughout the poem, what does Hughes tell us about a postponed dream?

• It could burst, go bad, or weigh a person down

• It could become more beautiful and sweet

• It could feed the soul and explode into further dreams

• It could keep the person hungry for more

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The speaker believes that dreams deferred:

• Grow more powerful

• Will be changed in a negative way

• Stay alive with enough hope

• Never truly disappear

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