Harlem Renaissance post-test review _Simoni

When did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

• 1890 - 1950

• 1918 - 1937

• 1974 - 2004

• 1837 - 1919

During the 1920s, african americans moved from the south to the north in huge numbers. Select 2 reasons why so many african americans migrated north at this time?

• New factories in northern cities like Detroit and New York needed workers.

• African americans still experienced harsh discrimination in the south.

• There were more opportunities for employment, education, and artistic expression in the north.

• Agriculture was no longer needed and farming was becoming less popular.

In Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem", what does the image "sags like a heavy load" suggest about a dream that is put on hold?

• it will become a burden for the dreamer

• the dreamer has vivid dreams about shopping

• the dreamer will feel happy about the dream

• the dreamer will want to forget about the dream

Which Civil War-era poet and poem inspired Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too"?

• Walt Whitman-

  "I Hear America Singing"

• Emily Dickinson-

  "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

• Ezra Pound-

  "In a Station at the Metro"

• Anne Bradstreet-

  "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

What is imagery?

• the big idea or main message in a text

• an indirect comparison between two or more different things

• a direct comparison between two or more similar things

• language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses (sight, sound, taste, smell and touch/tactile)

What is a symbol?

• a text reference to a familiar literary or historic person or event

• a concrete or real thing that represents an an abstract feeling or idea

• the invented character who speaks the words of a poem

• repition of the initial consonant sound in a line of text

In Claude McKay's poem "The Tropics of New York", what does the line "Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,/" suggest about the fruit?

• the fruit is in a church

• it will be awarded to the winner of a contest

• it looks fresh and delicious

• the speaker is hungry