Harlem Renaissance Quiz

What was the Harlem Renaissance known for?

• A period of economic growth

• A celebration of African American life

• A political movement

• A scientific revolution

What was the goal of the Harlem writers according to the text?

• To emulate white writers

• To express their individual dark-skinned selves

• To focus on economic issues

• To promote political agendas

What was the Great Migration?

• Movement of African Americans to the rural South

• Movement of African Americans to industrial cities

• Movement of African Americans to Europe

• Movement of African Americans to the West Coast

What type of clubs are mentioned as part of the Harlem scene in the 1920s?

• Jazz clubs

• Rock clubs

• Classical music clubs

• Country music clubs

Which sociologist is quoted in the text?

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Alain Locke

• Booker T. Washington

• Marcus Garvey

Which form of music did Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington help lay the foundations for?

• Rock and Roll

• Classical

• Jazz

• Hip Hop

What was a significant impact of the Harlem Renaissance according to the text?

• It led to the decline of jazz music.

• It opened doors for the acceptance of art and writing by African Americans.

• It caused a cultural divide in America.

• It was primarily a musical movement.

Which poet began his career with a book of jazz poems titled "The Weary Blues"?

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

• Richard Wright

• Ralph Ellison

In which essay did Langston Hughes write about the blues being sung by "black, beaten, but unbeatable throats"?

• "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

• "Songs Called the Blues"

• "Montage of a Dream Deferred"

• "The Weary Blues"

Which novelists and poets are mentioned as owing a debt to the artists of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and James Baldwin

• Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck

• Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Rita Dove

• J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and George R.R. Martin