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Harlem Renaissance & 1920s Culture

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Poet, novelist, playwright of Harlem Renaissance; poems I, Too and Mother to Son

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Langston Hughes

2.

African American boxer during the 1920s

a)

Jack Johnson

b)

Oscar Micheaux

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Countee Cullen

3.

Blues singer; called Empress of the Blues

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Louis Armstrong

4.

Novelist and anthropologist of the Harlem Renaissance; one of her most famous novels There Eyes Were Watching God

a)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Josephine Baker

5.

Famous jazz pianist, composer, conductor during the Harlem Renaissance; Known for big band jazz

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Louis Armstrong

6.

Famous jazz trumpeter and conductor during the Harlem Renaissance; nicknamed Satchmo.

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

George Gershwin

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Louis Armstrong

7.

Famous artist during the Harlem Renaissance that used his art to bring attention to racism and segregation

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

James Van der Zee

8.

Most photographs taken of African American life in NYC during the Harlem Renaissance were by him

a)

Oscar Micheaux

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

James Van der Zee

9.

Produced over 40 movies during the 1920s that had all African American casts. His movies discussed critical topics from an African American point of view.

a)

Oscar Micheaux

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

James Van der Zee

10.

Harlem Renaissance poet; preferred to write positively about racial topics and urged others to write poems in standard, traditional styles on standard topics.

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Langston Hughes

11.

Harlem Renaissance novelist (also editor of The Crisis); one of her most famous novels - There is Confusion

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Bessie Smith

12.

Famous dancer and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance; danced the Charleston. Grew in fame as a performer in France.

a)

Josephine Baker

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Jessie Redmon Fauset

d)

Zora Neale Hurston

13.

Artist first known for his paintings about the Great Migration painted in 1940-1941

a)

Oscar Micheaux

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Langston Hughes

14.

Which artist was known for urban scenes and later, paintings of the Southwest?

a)

Aaron Douglas

b)

Aaron Copland

c)

Bessie Smith

d)

Georgia O'Keeffe

15.

Which writer's novels and short stories shaped the public's views of the 1920s? The Jazz Age, Great Gatsby, Bernice Bobs Her Hair

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

George Gershwin

16.

Which of the following were musicians? Select 3

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

Aaron Copland

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Georgia O'Keeffe

e)

George Gershwin

17.

Which of the following were writers during the 1920s? Select 3

a)

Countee Cullen

b)

Josephine Baker

c)

Jessie Redmon Faust

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

e)

Martha Graham

18.

Which classical composers wrote uniquely American music for orchestras during the 1920s?

a)

Aaron Copland

b)

Aaron Douglas

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

George Gershwin

e)

Louis Armstrong

19.

Which of the following were known for jazz or blues music during the Harlem Renaissance? Select 3

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Countee Cullen

d)

Louis Armstrong

e)

Aaron Douglas

20.

Which 2 people were known for their dancing during the 1920s?

a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

Martha Graham

c)

Josephine Baker

d)

Walt Disney

e)

Charlie Chaplin