The poem "Harlem" opens with what line?

What happens to a dream deferred?

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

Universal Negro Improvement Association; Marcus Garvey

Who recorded the first jazz record?

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

What was the Great Migration?

black people moving from rural areas to urban centers

Langston Hughes was....

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

The Harlem Renaissance infused what into American culture?

black literature, black art, Black music

James Reese Europe is responsible for.....

Introducing Jazz to a new audience overseas

Published the Anthology, The New Negro

Marcus Garvey was.....

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

Jazz was considered what kind of music?

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

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

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

The New Negro Anthology is a....

collection of works from the writers of the Renaissance

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

New Orleans; Red Light Districts

Langston Hughes did NOT write......

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

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

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