The Harlem Renaissance

What "notion" did W.E.B. DuBois introduce during the Harlem Renaissance?

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Check every different professional that was considered part of or played a role in the Harlem Renaissance.

• artists

• writers

• electricians

• cartographers

• musicians

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Which lines from the poem best expresses the speaker's attitude toward oppression?

• "From awakening eyes in a black face ---" (Line 2)

• "I look then at the silly walls" (Line 6)

• "I look at my own body" (Line 11)

• "The let us hurry, comrades" (Line 15)

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An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.

• tone

• indirect characterization

• dialect

• allusion

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Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.

• tone

• indirect characterization

• dialect

• allusion

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PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?

• The Harlem Renaissance was the first major artistic movement in American history.

• The Harlem Renaissance was a period of increased migration of African Americans to the North

• During the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans used art to convey their experiences and create a united cultural identity.

• During the Harlem Renaissance, civil rights activists overturned many racist laws in the South and overcame prejudice in the North.

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The first African American woman to open her own art gallery in America. Created a 16-foot sculpture for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Queens, N.Y.

• Billie Holiday

• Bessie Smith

• Augusta Savage

• Zora Neale Hurston

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In the poem "We Wear the Mask," for what is the mask a metaphor?

• the behavior of whites towards blacks

• the long road ahead for African Americans

• religious faith

• the false exteriors being presented by African American people

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What led up to the Harlem Renaissance?

• The Civil War

• World War II

• The American Revolution

• World War I

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What does the dream in “Dream Variations” represent?

• The speaker’s longing for a place where he can express himself freely.

• The speaker’s love of the night.

• The speaker’s desire to be one with nature.

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