Langston Hughes was....

A poet and writer who was made famous through contributions to "The Crisis"

James Reese Europe is responsible for.....

Introducing Jazz to a new audience overseas

What does U.N.I.A stand for and who was its principle organizer?

Universal Negro Improvement Association; Marcus Garvey

Langston Hughes did NOT write......

I Know Why the Caged Bird SIngs, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Where did jazz originate and in what areas of that place was it played?

New Orleans; Red Light Districts

Published the Anthology, The New Negro

Marcus Garvey was.....

A Jamaican Immigrant, activist, and Self Proclaimed "President of Africa"

Countee Cullen's Poem "Heritage" makes references to.....

Africa, Africans; his understanding of the continent in relation to himself

The poem "Harlem" opens with what line?

What happens to a dream deferred?

Jazz was considered what kind of music?

Immoral music because of its content and the locales it was played in

What was the Great Migration?

black people moving from rural areas to urban centers

Who recorded the first jazz record?

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

The Harlem Renaissance infused what into American culture?

black art, Black music, black literature

The New Negro Anthology is a....

collection of works from the writers of the Renaissance

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1
Langston Hughes was....
A poet and writer who was made famous through contributions to "The Crisis"
A poet, writer, leader of the New Negro Movement
A figure that provided spaces for African Americans to display their art
A poet, writer, and publisher of the Anthology, The New Negro
2
James Reese Europe is responsible for.....
the European continent being named after him
Fighting during World War 2
Introducing jazz to white people in the south
Introducing Jazz to a new audience overseas
3
What does U.N.I.A stand for and who was its principle organizer?
Universal Negro Improvement Association; Marcus Garvey
United National Immigration Association; W.E.B. Du Bois
Universal Negro Implementation Association; JellyRoll Morton
United Negro Improvement Association; Alain Locke
4
Langston Hughes did NOT write......
I Know Why the Caged Bird SIngs
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Harlem
The Ways of White Folks
5
Where was Duke Ellington from?
Memphis, Tn
Washington, DC
St. Louis, Mo
Los Angeles, Ca
6
When did the Great Migration start?
1965
1900
1910
1920
7
What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Piano
Trumpet
Drums
Traingle
8
Harlem Renaissance Jazz greats include all EXCEPT......
James Reese Europe
Buddy Bolden
Jellyroll Morton
Louis Armstrong
9
The Blues is so named because of the frequent occurrence of...
Sad Situations
storytelling and expression of feelings
blue notes
inspirational and motivational sound
10
Where did jazz originate and in what areas of that place was it played?
Harlem; Sugar Hill Neighborhood
Los Angeles; Speakeasies
New Orleans; Red Light Districts
Chicago; Bars and Pubs
11
Who is credited with the creation of the Blues?
W.E.B. Dubois
W.C. Handy
Mamie Smith
Thelonius Monk
12
Alain Locke.....
Published the Anthology, The New Negro
wrote music for Duke Ellington
policed the art of other artists
13
Marcus Garvey was.....
A Jamaican Immigrant, activist, and Self Proclaimed "President of Africa"
The first African American to graduate from Harvard University
A lawyer, soldier, and leader of the Niagara Movement
A writer who was made famous by their contributions to "The Crisis"
14
Countee Cullen's Poem "Heritage" makes references to.....
Northern Blacks and how they are different from southern blacks
Africa, Africans; his understanding of the continent in relation to himself
Politics and racial disadvantage in America and how it affects him
Whites traveling to Africa slaves to make profit on the backs of blacks
15
The poem "Harlem" opens with what line?
What happens to a dream deferred?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load
Where do dreams go to die?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
16
Jazz was considered what kind of music?
Immoral music because of its content and the locales it was played in
Motivational music due to its fast pace, high spirits and positive message
Spiritual music; it was uplifting and based in Afro American southern music
17
What was the name of W.E.B. Du Bois' editorial magazine?
The Negro Problem
Black and Proud
The New Negro
The Crisis
18
What was the Great Migration?
black people moving from rural areas to urban centers
Blacl people moving south to west
Blacl people moving east to north
Black people moving to Harlem
19
Who recorded the first jazz record?
James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hellfighters
The Original Band of Brothers
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians
20
The Harlem Renaissance infused what into American culture?
black art
black racial prejudice
Black music
black literature
21
The New Negro Anthology is a....
collection of movies from producers of the Renaissance
collection of sculptures from artists of the Renaissance
collection of works from the writers of the Renaissance
collection of plays from playwrights of the Renaissance
22
Which of these is Zora Neale Hurston's most famous work?
Their eyes were watching God
How it feels to be colored me
I know why the caged bird sings
Baracoon
23
The Harlem Renaissance occurred in what year?
1970
1900
1980
1920

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