WorksheetsLangston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Langston Hughes was greatly influenced by a family member who was his
mother
grandmother
aunt
sister
Langston Hughes was a poet, activist, columnist (newspaper writer) and also
he wrote plays
he wrote cook books
he wrote laws
he wrote music
Langston Hughes grandmother, Mary Hughes was
the first black female writer
the first black woman to graduate college
the first black woman to attend Oberlin College
the first black woman to become published
Langston Hughes wrote A Negro Speaks of Rivers while traveling on a train to
Harlem
Canada
Los Angeles
Mexico
The Weary Blues poem won a contest and awarded Langston Hughes a scholarship to
Lincoln Universtiy
Oberlin College
Paris Conservatory
Harvard
Langston Hughes lived with his dad in
African
France
Canada
Mexico
Langston Hughes was a frequent traveler - however he did not travel to
France
Africa
Alaska
Asia
The Harlem Renaissance is a
type of art
type of social movement
type of city
type of music
Some black men during the time of the Harlem Renaissance wore
leapard skin
zoot suits
jeans
jewelry
The Harlem Renaissance took place in the middle of
Manhattan, New York
The Bronx, New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Harlem Renaissance came after
The Civil War
The Civil Rights Movement
The Great Migration
World War II
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of
art
philosophy
music and theatre
all of the above
