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The Harlem Renaissance

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Harlem is a New York neighborhood located on ___________ island.

a)

Staten

b)

Long

c)

Ellis

d)

Manhattan

2.

African Americans in the south fled to the north for all these reasons EXCEPT:

a)

To avoid segregation

b)

To start plantations

c)

To work in industries

d)

To create a new life

3.

W.E.B Du Bois co-founded which program?

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

c)

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

d)

Civil Rights Movement

4.

This magazine corrected newspaper stereotypes of African Americans. The magazine is still published today.

a)

Fire!!

b)

The Crisis

c)

Times

d)

People

5.

Louis Armstrong became famous for playing the trumpet, which he first learned to play…

a)

at school

b)

in a juvenile home

c)

on the streets

d)

at his house

6.

"Empress of the Blues” was a nickname for:

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Elizabeth Smith

c)

Paul Robeson

d)

Langston Hughes

7.

Who wrote “Harlem Shadows”?

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Claude McKay

c)

Paul Robeson

d)

Langston Hughes

8.

This person was mainly involved in the publication of the magazine, Fire!!

a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Walt Whitman

9.

Langston Hughes’ poem, ___________, is known for reflecting on African life and heritage.

a)

I, Too

b)

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

c)

The Weary Blues

d)

Harlem

10.

The Harlem Renaissance sought to end in this year:

a)

1930

b)

1934

c)

1935

d)

1937

11.

The Stock Market crashed on this day:

a)

October 29, 1927

b)

October 23, 1929

c)

September 29, 1929

d)

October 29, 1929

12.

This pianist wrote “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and had famous comedic radio performances:

a)

Fats Waller

b)

Paul Robeson

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Claude McKay

13.

This singer and performer wrote the song “Minnie the Moocher”:

a)

John Steinbeck

b)

Cab Calloway

c)

Augusta Savage

d)

Louis Armstrong

14.

This person was a tap dancer and actor who performed on Broadway:

a)

Cab Calloway

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

15.

This international activist performed in “The Emperor Jones” and “Othello”

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Paul Robeson

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Fats Waller

16.

This painter and graphic artist played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance:

a)

Augusta Savage

b)

Fats Waller

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Louis Armstrong

17.

She was a sculptor and influential activist:

a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Augusta Savage

18.

Although “New Negro” is a late nineteenth century term, it was not until the 1920s that this label gained _________ as a description for middle-class African Americans.

a)

pinnacle

b)

currency

c)

agency

d)

onset

19.

The Harlem Renaissance describes the period roughly between the end of World War I and the _____ of the Great Depression.

a)

onset

b)

unprecedented

c)

swanky

d)

advent

20.

An influential form of African American music that rose to ______ during the 1920s was the blues.

a)

agency

b)

prominence

c)

turbulent

d)

currency