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