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Harlem Renaissance Review
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Literature, culture, poetic devices of the Harlem Renaissance
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1
Arna Bontemps...
left Harlem to study Eastern philosophy
left Harlem for California
left Harlem for the South
left Harlem for New York City
2
"They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes," contains which devices?
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
assonance
3
Many African Americans migrated from the South to the North because...
They were looking for a way to escape slavery
There was a larger audience for the arts in the North
They were searching for new opportunities
They were only allowed to attend college in the North
4
The Harlem Renaissance was driven by the popularity of what type of music?
jazz and blues
heavy metal
classical
rock and roll
5
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance is about...
any aspect of the African American experience
pessimism and injustice
imagination and creativity
slavery and its aftermath
6
Determine poetic devices in the following: "But, ah! Manhattan's sights and sounds, her smells"
consonance
personification
alliteration
simile
7
The artistic pieces produced during the Harlem Renaissance are all united because...
They are all poems
They are focused on life of African Americans at that time
They are all written about positive things
They are all written in the same style
8
Identify poetic devices in the following: "He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool."
assonance
simile
alliteration
metaphor
9
Historical event that forced artists to disperse and end the Harlem Renaissance is called...
The Great Migration
The Great Diaspora
The Great Awakening
The Great Depression
10
James Weldon Johnson held all of the following jobs, except...
lawyer
song writer
steamboat captain
teacher
11
Writers, artists, and musicians were forced to leave Harlem after the Renaissance because...
The government forced them to go back to the South
The leaders of the NAACP shut Harlem down.
Artists & musicians moved to Hollywood;creative culture died
They were unable to support themselves financially
12
The Harlem Renaissance lasted from...
1952-1960
1920-1930
1900-1907
1940-1946
13
Jean Toomer had a special perspective in the Harlem Renaissance, because
He was from Jamaica
He was of mixed race
He moved to Mexico
He had a brother on Broadway
14
Claude McKay's famous peom, "If I Must Die" was quoted by...
President Obama
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
15
Countee Cullen wrote mostly about...
universal issues
white society
the life of a sharecropper
racism
16
Langston Hughes first began writing poetry in...
college
seventh grade
eleventh grade
elementary school
17
Thousands of African Americans settled in Harlem, in which state?
New York
Washington
California
Indiana
18
Name of historical event when millions of African Americans moved from the south to the north..
The Great Depression
The Great Awakening
The Great Diaspora
The Great Migration
