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1
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
2
What is an example of an Metaphor in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
"singing of the Mississippi"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
3
What started the riots of 1943?
Margie Polite being belligerent
Accumulation of tension from racial oppression
The rumor that a white cop killed a black soldier
A white cop shooting and killing a black soldier
4
Who founded the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis?
Countee Cullen
WEB Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
Alain Locke
5
What did Alice Walker write?
Everyday Use
Incident
I, Too
The Color Purple
6
What was WEB Du Bois's challenge for intellectual Afr-Amers to speak out and lead called?
Fire!
Light up the World
The Crisis Averted
The Talented Tenth
7
What laws of the south enforced racial segregation and encouraged racism?
Jim Crow Laws
Jimmy Dean Laws
Jim Bean Laws
Jimmy Crow Laws
8
Who was famous for their trumpet solos?
Charles Chesnutt
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
9
Who was known for their piano career in Jazz?
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Aaron Douglas
10
What was the most interesting thing about Jazz music?
It's originality and unique New Orleans origins.
It's fresh, new beats.
It's allowance for improvisation.
It's sexy and scandalous rhythms.
11
Who painted "Moon Over Harlem"?
William H. Johnson
Palmer Hayden
Jacob Lawrence
Aaron Douglas
12
What did Zora Neale Hurston write?
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Everyday Use
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Color Purple
13
Who is best known as a poet?
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Zora Neale Hurston
WEB Du Bois
14
What is anthropology? (What Zora Neale Hurston studied.)
the study of humans
the study of human poetry
the study of human anthologies
the study of human anatomy
15
What was Bessie Smith's nickname?
The Blues Empress
The Empress of the Blues
The Queen of the Blues
The Harlem Goddess
16
What is an example of Personification in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
"singing of the Mississippi"
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
17
What is an example of an Allusion in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
"singing of the Mississippi"
18
Jacob Lawrence became famous based on his...
mix of African-American images with cubism
cover art for NAACP's magazine
use of color in his art work
Great Migration series
19
Why did William Johnson paint the police officers as black?
tell
me!
Why???
You
20
What story was about sisters and inheriting quilts?
Everyday Use
Incident
The Color Purple
I, Too
21
What does the NAACP stand for?
National Advancement for Associated Colored People
Natural Advancement for All Colored People
Natural Advancement for the Association of Colored Persons
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
22
What was the exodus of African-Americans from the south to the north called?
The Great Migration
The Free Migration
The Great Freedom Rush
The Great Journey
23
What is an example of a Simile in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers?"
"rivers ancient.../flow of human blood"
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
"singing of the Mississippi"
Euphrates, the pyramids, Abe Lincoln
24
Where in NY became a breeding ground for culture, literature, art, and music for Af-Amers?
Brooklyn
New York
Harlem
Queens
25
What is the name of the NAACP's magazine?
The Crisis
Opportunity
The Critic
Fire!
26
What was unique about Countee Cullen's poetry?
It was the first modern poetry.
It followed no traditional pattern.
It followed traditional patterns.
It was eloquent and beautifully written.
27
What did Countee Cullen write?
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
I, Too
Incident
Everyday Use
28
Which words best describe Maggie?
Confident and Self-Interested
Humble, but secretly Selfish
Confident, but Giving
Humble and Self-less
29
Who popularized Jazz singing called "scat'?
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
30
Who was a founding father of the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Alain Locke
WEB Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
31
What is Wangero's real name?
Dee
De'Janae
Dicie
Da'Sea
32
What did Langston Hughes write?
I, Too
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
If Margie Polite
Incident
33
Finish the quote: "The world does not know that a people is great until that people produces.."
literature that is great."
great persons."
great literature and art."
literature that proves it."
34
Who sang, "It's a Wonderful World"?
Duke Ellingston
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Josephine Baker
35
Who was the first black secretary of the NAACP?
Zora Neale Hurston
WEB Du Bois
James Weldon Johnson
Alain Locke
36
Who played in the the hottest nightclubs in Harlem?
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
37
Aaron Douglas is known as...
The African-American Picasso
The Father of African-American Art
The Inventor of Modern Art
The Great Migrator
38
What did William Johnson change about the painting?
He painted dead victims when no one died
He painted the victims as white
He painted events that did not happen
He painted the police officers as black
39
Who coined the term "The New Negro" that described the proud, spirited Afr-Amer youth?
James Weldon Johnson
W. E. B. DuBois
Alain Locke
Countee Cullen
