Harlem Renaissance

What was different about Jean Toomer?

• He was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance

• He had never visited the South.

• He could pass between black and white worlds.

• He was African American.

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What is serious theater?

• The Nutcracker

• plays without music, only acting

• Broadway musicals

• Modern plays

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How did Carl Von Vechten help during the Harlem Renaissance?

• He traveled to Harlem.

• Throw big parties to have fun.

• Studied Harlem

• Made sure newspapers wrote about Harlem artists

How were people able to afford the art and parties during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Lots of people moved there.

• Sharecroppers were usually rich.

• The economy was very good, so people had more money.

• Musicians get paid a lot.

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Why was it better to be poor in Harlem?

• Everybody was rich there.

• Apartments cost a lot.

• You could get nice haircuts.

• It was an amazing place to be.

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What kind of poetry did Countee Cullen write?

• formal or fancy

• everyday poetry

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What was a rent party?

• a poetry reading

• a Broadway musical

• a party thrown to help pay for your rent

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What is a sharecropper?

• A person who has to farm another person's land for very little money

• A jazz musician

• A novelist

• a very rich person

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What brought the Harlem Renaissance to an end?

• People got tired of parties.

• Nobody liked the art.

• The stock market crashed.

• It never ended.

What is a synonym for launch?

• eat

• popular

• start

• actors

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