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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Harlem Renaissance spanned which decade?
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as
an organization created to help promote African-American businesses
a period of great achievement by African American writers, artists, and performers
a movement that sought to draw people back to the inner cities
a relief program to provide jobs for minority workers
- 3. Multiple Choice
One goal of the Harlem Renaissance writers was to
support existing racial barriers
increase pride in African American culture
encourage African Americans to create their own political party
cut off connections with mainstream American values
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Great Migration refers to
The movement of African Americans from the south to the north
The movement of African Americans from the north to the south
The spread of African culture after slavery ended
The advocacy of political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa
- 5. Multiple Choice
W.E.B. DuBois was one of the founders of the
NAACP
UNIA-ACL
Cotton Club
Great Migration
- 6. Multiple Choice
Zora Neale Hurston is best known for which novel?
The Souls of Black Folk
The Weary Blues
Their Eyes Were Watching God
A Dream Deferred
- 7. Multiple Choice
Langston Hughes was known for being all of the following except a
poet
novelist
actor
social activist
- 8. Multiple Choice
W.E.B. DuBois’ most well-known work is
The Souls of Black Folk
A Dream Deferred
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Weary Blues
- 9. Multiple Choice
What literary element does Hughes use in his poem "A Dream Deferred" to show his central idea?
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
metaphor
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Harlem Renaissance influenced American society by
establishing government programs to assist African Americans
encouraging urban renewal projects in major American cities
ending racial segregation of public facilities
increasing awareness of African American contributions to American culture
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