Harlem Renaissance Review Quiz

Which decade is the Harlem Renaissance primarily associated with? *

• 1910s
• 1920s
• 1930s
• 1940s

In what major American city did the Harlem Renaissance begin? *

• Los Angeles
• Chicago
• New York City
• Washington DC

What event would launch the writers of the Harlem Renaissance to national acclaim? *

• The New York Civic Club Dinner meeting of March 1924
• The opening night of Shuffle Along on Broadway
• The meeting of the National Literature Society in September 1921
• The publication of the anthology The New Negro by Dr. Alain Locke

True or False: The Harlem Riots of 1934 lead to the decline of the Harlem Renaissance?
(True = 1, False = 2)

• 1
• 2

What does W.E.B. Du Bois mean when he describes art as propaganda?

Would George S. Schuyler support Du Bois’s argument as presented in Document A? Explain why or why not.

Would Langston Hughes support Du Bois’s argument as presented in Document A? Explain why or why not.

Describe the New Negro Movement, major figures associated with it, and how it impacted the Harlem Renaissance.

Choose the most accurate answer. Which of the following art forms are most commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

• Philosophy, dance, music, needle point, arts and craft, and painting.

• Poetry, literature, philosophy.

• Arts and craft, sculpture, dance, and the culinary arts.

• Literature, philosophy, painting, poetry, jazz, Lindy Hopping, and painting.

Who was a prominent female figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance? *

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Maya Angelou

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker