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1
What is anthropology? (What Zora Neale Hurston studied.)
the study of human anthologies
the study of humans
the study of human poetry
the study of human anatomy
2
What laws of the south enforced racial segregation and encouraged racism?
Jim Crow Laws
Jimmy Crow Laws
Jimmy Dean Laws
Jim Bean Laws
3
Who painted "Moon Over Harlem"?
Palmer Hayden
Aaron Douglas
Jacob Lawrence
William H. Johnson
4
What did Countee Cullen write?
I, Too
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Everyday Use
Incident
5
Jacob Lawrence became famous based on his...
use of color in his art work
cover art for NAACP's magazine
Great Migration series
mix of African-American images with cubism
6
Who is best known as a poet?
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
WEB Du Bois
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What was unique about Countee Cullen's poetry?
It followed traditional patterns.
It was eloquent and beautifully written.
It was the first modern poetry.
It followed no traditional pattern.
8
Who was known for their piano career in Jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Aaron Douglas
Langston Hughes
9
Why did William Johnson paint the police officers as black?
Why???
You
me!
tell
10
Who was famous for their trumpet solos?
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Charles Chesnutt
11
What did Langston Hughes write?
I, Too
Incident
If Margie Polite
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
12
What was the most interesting thing about Jazz music?
It's originality and unique New Orleans origins.
It's allowance for improvisation.
It's sexy and scandalous rhythms.
It's fresh, new beats.
13
What was Bessie Smith's nickname?
The Queen of the Blues
The Empress of the Blues
The Blues Empress
The Harlem Goddess
14
Who was celebrated as the voice & soul of the black community in a predominantly white society?
Alice Walker
W. E. B. DuBois
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
15
Who was a founding father of the Harlem Renaissance?
Alain Locke
WEB Du Bois
Langston Hughes
James Weldon Johnson
16
Who was the first black secretary of the NAACP?
WEB Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
James Weldon Johnson
Alain Locke
17
Aaron Douglas is known as...
The Inventor of Modern Art
The Father of African-American Art
The Great Migrator
The African-American Picasso
18
What was the exodus of African-Americans from the south to the north called?
The Great Freedom Rush
The Great Journey
The Great Migration
The Free Migration
19
Who sang, "It's a Wonderful World"?
Josephine Baker
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellingston
20
What did William Johnson change about the painting?
He painted events that did not happen
He painted the victims as white
He painted dead victims when no one died
He painted the police officers as black
21
Who founded the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis?
WEB Du Bois
Countee Cullen
James Weldon Johnson
Alain Locke
22
What did Alice Walker write?
I, Too
Everyday Use
The Color Purple
Incident
23
Who popularized Jazz singing called "scat'?
Langston Hughes
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
24
Where in NY became a breeding ground for culture, literature, art, and music for Af-Amers?
Brooklyn
Queens
New York
Harlem
25
What started the riots of 1943?
The rumor that a white cop killed a black soldier
Accumulation of tension from racial oppression
A white cop shooting and killing a black soldier
Margie Polite being belligerent
26
What is an example of Personification in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
"singing of the Mississippi"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
27
What is an example of an Metaphor in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
"singing of the Mississippi"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
28
What is the name of the NAACP's magazine?
The Critic
Fire!
The Crisis
Opportunity
29
Finish the quote: "The world does not know that a people is great until that people produces.."
great literature and art."
literature that is great."
literature that proves it."
great persons."
30
Who coined the term "The New Negro" that described the proud, spirited Afr-Amer youth?
W. E. B. DuBois
James Weldon Johnson
Alain Locke
Countee Cullen
31
What did Zora Neale Hurston write?
The Color Purple
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Everyday Use
Their Eyes Were Watching God
32
Which words best describe Maggie?
Confident, but Giving
Humble and Self-less
Humble, but secretly Selfish
Confident and Self-Interested
33
What is an example of a Simile in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
"singing of the Mississippi"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
34
Who played in the the hottest nightclubs in Harlem?
Langston Hughes
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
35
What story was about sisters and inheriting quilts?
I, Too
Incident
Everyday Use
The Color Purple
36
What was WEB Du Bois's challenge for intellectual Afr-Amers to speak out and lead called?
The Crisis Averted
Light up the World
The Talented Tenth
Fire!
37
What is an example of an Allusion in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
"singing of the Mississippi"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
38
What is Wangero's real name?
Dicie
De'Janae
Da'Sea
Dee
39
What does the NAACP stand for?
National Advancement for Associated Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Natural Advancement for All Colored People
Natural Advancement for the Association of Colored Persons
