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Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Langston Hughes was greatly influenced by a family member who was his

a)

mother

b)

grandmother

c)

aunt

d)

sister

2.

Langston Hughes was a poet, activist, columnist (newspaper writer) and also

a)

he wrote plays

b)

he wrote cook books

c)

he wrote laws

d)

he wrote music

3.

Langston Hughes grandmother, Mary Hughes was

a)

the first black female writer

b)

the first black woman to graduate college

c)

the first black woman to attend Oberlin College

d)

the first black woman to become published

4.

Langston Hughes wrote A Negro Speaks of Rivers while traveling on a train to

a)

Harlem

b)

Canada

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Mexico

5.

The Weary Blues poem won a contest and awarded Langston Hughes a scholarship to

a)

Lincoln Universtiy

b)

Oberlin College

c)

Paris Conservatory

d)

Harvard

6.

Langston Hughes lived with his dad in

a)

African

b)

France

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico

7.

Langston Hughes was a frequent traveler - however he did not travel to

a)

France

b)

Africa

c)

Alaska

d)

Asia

8.

The Harlem Renaissance is a

a)

type of art

b)

type of social movement

c)

type of city

d)

type of music

9.

Some black men during the time of the Harlem Renaissance wore

a)

leapard skin

b)

zoot suits

c)

jeans

d)

jewelry

10.

The Harlem Renaissance took place in the middle of

a)

Manhattan, New York

b)

The Bronx, New York

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Chicago

11.

Harlem Renaissance came after

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Civil Rights Movement

c)

The Great Migration

d)

World War II

12.

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of

a)

art

b)

philosophy

c)

music and theatre

d)

all of the above