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Black Excellence in Arts

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was perhaps the most famous name associated with the renaissance, believed that black artists should focus on the folk and create distinctive ‘Negro’ art?

a)

Countess Vaugn

b)

Savion Glover

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Curtis Mayfield

2.

What dance form developed from black folk dance was associated with jazz and became an international craze?

a)

Charleston

b)

Cupid Shuffle

c)

Ragtime

d)

Running Man

3.

What style of African American music became a worldwide sensation and amplified the renaissance?

a)

Reggae

b)

Jazz

c)

Blues

d)

R&B

4.

Who founded the Liberty League and The Voice, the first organization and the first newspaper dedicated to the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Hubert Harrison

c)

Counte Bassie

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

5.

What is the name of the magazine that the NAACP launched in 1910 which published the work of many young African-American writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance? 

a)

The Defender

b)

The Voice

c)

The Suntimes

d)

The Crisis

6.

Which group was one of the greatest female singing groups of all time that released an astonishing 12 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100?

a)

Ella Fitzgerald

b)

Envogue

c)

The Supremes

d)

Destiny's Child

7.

Who was the most important woman in the history of popular music, the “Queen of Soul,” and one of the defining voices of the last 100 years?

a)

Diana Ross

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Anita Baker

d)

Gladys Knight

8.

Who combined blues, gospel and R&B? 

a)

Beyonce

b)

Jimmy Hendrix

c)

Stevie Wonder

d)

Ray Charles

9.

Who  evolved as an artist, which took him from basic jazz principles to cool jazz to rock, funk and even hip hop, representing the ever-changing musical landscape of America?

a)

Miles Davis

b)

Billy Dee Williams

c)

Curtis Mayfield

d)

James Baldwin

10.

Who was the  biggest pop star and greatest performer of all time not named Elvis Presley?

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Jackson 5

c)

Curtis Mayfield

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

11.

Who posted dance videos on Vine, which went viral.

a)

Les Twins

b)

Ciara

c)

Beyonce

d)

Leon “Kida” Burns

12.

Who are the identical brothers of French descent that grabbed several hip-hop awards, including the World of Dance in 2010?

a)

Les Twins

b)

Savion Glover

c)

Miles Davis

d)

Paula Abdul

13.

Who is a choreographer and a hip-hop dancer that organized dance routines for famous performers like Janet Jackson and The Jackson’s?

a)

Savion Glover

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Janet Collins

d)

Paula Abdul

14.

 Who co-founded Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 1994?

a)

Curtis Mayfiels

b)

Desmond Richardson

c)

Savion Glover

d)

Kirk Frankly

15.

Who has performed in and choreographed multiple Tony award-winning Broadway shows, and has worked on choreography for a few major films?

a)

Ebony Williams

b)

Kida thed Great

c)

Les Twins

d)

Savion Glover

16.

Who directed the movie “Barbershop”?

a)

Terry Perry

b)

Tim Story

c)

Denzel Washington

d)

Ice Cube

17.
a)

Savion Griver

b)

Tina Turner

c)

Analisse

d)

Phillis Wheatley

18.

Who was an author and poet during the Harlem Renaissance. The literary editor of the NAACP magazine The Crisis as well as the editor of the children's magazine The Brownies' Book?

a)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

b)

Robert Abbot

c)

Joshua Jonson

d)

Dwayne Johnson

19.

Who was the playwright who won two Pulitzer Prizes for the10 plays he wrote?

a)

Colson Whitehead

b)

Augusta Savage

c)

Curtis Mayfield

d)

August Wilson

20.

Who is the author of the book “The Underground Railroad?” 

a)

August Wilson

b)

Colson Whitehead

c)

Anna Duvernay

d)

Augusta Savage

21.

Who was a journalist, poet, and activist?

a)

Frank Marshall Davis

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Robbert Abbout

22.

Whose artwork was inspired by his experiences with the Civil Rights movement, Watts riots, and the American experience?

a)

Kerry James Marshall

b)

Janet Collins

c)

Faith Ringgold

d)

Charles Henry Alston

23.

Who is the recipient of more than 75 awards including 22 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees?

a)

Faith Ringgold

b)

Bisa Bulter

c)

Sargent Johnson

d)

Charles Henry Alston

24.

Who was committed to creating positive representations of African Americans through cravings?

a)

Miles Davis

b)

Sargent Johnson

c)

Spike Lee

d)

Robert Abbot

25.

Who supervised the WPA murals created at Harlem Hospital, and taught at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Students League?

a)

Toni Morrison

b)

Tim Story

c)

Charles Henry Alston

d)

Gwendolyn Brooks

26.

Who is a Brooklyn-based artist that creates contemporary quilts that are life-sized historical portraits of unknown Black people?

a)

Billie Holiday

b)

Bisa Butler

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Janet Collins

27.

Who was the first black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award?

a)

Ava Duvernay

b)

Janet Collins

c)

Toni Braxton

d)

Aretha Franklin

28.

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

a)

Ava Duvernay

b)

Halle Berry

c)

Sidney Poitier

d)

Toni Braxton

29.

Who is the star of Akeelah and the Bee?

a)

Anita Baker

b)

Ava Duvernay

c)

Bisa Butler

d)

Keke Palmer

30.

What horror film won Jordan Peele an Oscar for best 

screenplay? 

a)

“ Get Out”

b)

"Barbershop"

c)

"Training Day"

d)

"Love and Basketball"