Harlem Renaissance Quiz

What was one of the most important factors that accounted for the rise of the Harlem Renaissance?

• B) The migration of black peoples from the south to urban centers like Harlem

• D) The Industrial Revolution

• A) The Great Depression

• C) The Civil War

Which musical genres flourished during the Harlem Renaissance?

• D) Country and Western

• B) Blues and Jazz

• A) Rock and Roll

• C) Classical and Opera

Who compiled an anthology of literary work by and about African-Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?

• A) Langston Hughes

• C) Alain Locke

• D) W.E.B. Du Bois

• B) Zora Neale Hurston

What movement is the Harlem Renaissance a facet of?

• B) The New Negro Movement

• C) The Women's Suffrage Movement

• D) The Prohibition Movement

• A) The Civil Rights Movement

What did some of the framers of the Harlem Renaissance argue about the artistic worth of African-Americans?

• D) It should be proven by their political influence

• C) It should be proven by their academic achievements

• B) It should be proven by their financial success

• A) It should be proven by the worth of the art and literature they produced