Harlem Renaissance, I Hear America Singing, I, TOO

Many black people moved to Harlem in order to: 

• Get the right to vote.

• Find jobs working in farming.

• Become famous.

• Escape racism in the south and seek economic and social opportunities.

Literature of the Harlem Renaissance is characterized as being: 

• Written by black people about white people.

• Written by white people about black people.

• Written by and about white people.

• Written by and about black people.

The Americans the speaker refers to in the poem “I Hear America Singing” are -

• ordinary working people

• wounded soldiers

• doctors and nurses

• great figures in the US history

Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing?

• Each person has a different song.

• People are singing songs no one can hear.

• The songs are out of tune.

• People are singing out of sorrow.

What is the overall tone of “I Hear America Singing”?

• Joyous

• Sarcastic

• Dismal

• Eerie

Which word created the most repetition in “I Hear America Singing”?

• song

• worker

• singing

• carols

What purpose does this repetition serve in “I Hear America Singing”

• It creates alliteration.

• It reinforces the poem’s rhyme scheme.

• It creates vivid images of American life.

• It unifies the poem and reinforces the theme.

Why is each person “singing what belongs to him or her and to none else”?

• These are the only song they know

• These are the songs they know best.

• A person’s individuality is his or her work and song.

• Each wants to sing louder than the others to drown them out.

What is the tone of the poem “I, Too”?

• sad/ solemn

• hopeful/ optimistic

• angry/ bitter

• joyful/ energetic

Both “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too” concern the theme of

• a person’s place in society

• working hard for a living

• race and racial identity

• unfair treatment in American society