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Literature, culture, poetic devices of the Harlem Renaissance
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1
Countee Cullen wrote mostly about...
racism
universal issues
the life of a sharecropper
white society
2
"They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes," contains which devices?
alliteration
assonance
metaphor
onomatopoeia
3
Writers, artists, and musicians were forced to leave Harlem after the Renaissance because...
Artists & musicians moved to Hollywood;creative culture died
The leaders of the NAACP shut Harlem down.
They were unable to support themselves financially
The government forced them to go back to the South
4
Historical event that forced artists to disperse and end the Harlem Renaissance is called...
The Great Diaspora
The Great Awakening
The Great Migration
The Great Depression
5
Many African Americans migrated from the South to the North because...
They were only allowed to attend college in the North
They were searching for new opportunities
They were looking for a way to escape slavery
There was a larger audience for the arts in the North
6
Claude McKay's famous peom, "If I Must Die" was quoted by...
President Obama
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
7
Determine poetic devices in the following: "But, ah! Manhattan's sights and sounds, her smells"
personification
simile
consonance
alliteration
8
Thousands of African Americans settled in Harlem, in which state?
Washington
Indiana
California
New York
9
Jean Toomer had a special perspective in the Harlem Renaissance, because
He moved to Mexico
He was from Jamaica
He was of mixed race
He had a brother on Broadway
10
Identify poetic devices in the following: "He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool."
assonance
simile
metaphor
alliteration
11
The Harlem Renaissance lasted from...
1900-1907
1920-1930
1952-1960
1940-1946
12
Name of historical event when millions of African Americans moved from the south to the north..
The Great Diaspora
The Great Depression
The Great Migration
The Great Awakening
13
The Harlem Renaissance was driven by the popularity of what type of music?
classical
jazz and blues
heavy metal
rock and roll
14
James Weldon Johnson held all of the following jobs, except...
lawyer
teacher
song writer
steamboat captain
15
The artistic pieces produced during the Harlem Renaissance are all united because...
They are all written about positive things
They are all poems
They are focused on life of African Americans at that time
They are all written in the same style
16
Langston Hughes first began writing poetry in...
elementary school
eleventh grade
seventh grade
college
17
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance is about...
slavery and its aftermath
imagination and creativity
pessimism and injustice
any aspect of the African American experience
