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Harlem Renaissance Newsela Reading Quiz

Authored by Brenna Petersen

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

Harlem Renaissance Newsela Reading Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Where did 90% of the Black population live before the Harlem Renaissance

South

North

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What was the Great Migration?

The movement of middle class families to larger cities

Native Americans picking up their lives and heading West

Black Americans migrating from the rural South to urban the North

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What does the article mean when it says the Great Migration was caused by a "push" and "pull"?

A "push" and "pull" newly invented train system took many families North.

At the same time Jim Crow laws and white supremacy was pushing Black families away from the South, the hope of new jobs and a booming economy pulled families to the North.

Black families were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Who, according to the article, was the most prolific writer of the Harlem Renaissance?

Langston Hughes

Claude McKay

Eubie Blake

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What was Langston Hughes inspired by?

Poets that lived in Harlem

Biblical proverbs and verses

Jazz and Blues

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

One of the hallmarks of jazz is improvisation. What does this mean?

Musicians have creative freedom to change parts of a performance meaning no two performances were the same.

No practice was done before a concert and no sheet music was allowed at performances.

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