Saturday, December 5, 2009

Which of the following was not a major characteristic of the Harlem Renaissance?

Which of the following was not a major characteristic of the Harlem Renaissance?



It included literature, music, dance, theater, and visual arts



It became easier for black writers to become published.



The Lindy-Hop was a major dance.



Duke Ellington was a major author.



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Which of the following was not a part of theater in the Harlem Renaissance?



vaudeville shows



dramas



all male casts



Broadway plays



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



What was the predominant music of the Harlem Renaissance?



blues



jazz



pop



heavy metal



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Whose autobiography is called The Big Sea?



Langston Hughes



Claude McKay



Countee Cullen



Zora Neale Hurston



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Countee Cullen's "Tableau" is about a white boy and a black boy walking arm in arm.



True



False



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Countee Cullen's "Incident" is about a time when the speaker stole clothes from the clothesline.



True



False



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



In Langston Hughes' "Theme for English B" the speaker is in a predominantly black classroom.



True



False



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Langston Hughes' "I Too Sing America" is about a time when the speaker performed the National Anthem at a baseball game.



True



False



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Why did the owners of the clubs who "barred their own race" lose business and fold up?



They failed to realize that a large part of the Harlem attraction for downtown New Yorkers lay in simply watching the colored customers amuse themselves.



The stock market fell.



People started partying in the streets and making a big mess instead of going to the clubs.



People stayed at home and watched television.



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



How did Zora feel when she listened to jazz?



She "got wildly depressed inside herself."



calm



She "danced wildly inside herself."



angry



POINT VALUE: 9.0 points



Write a one paragraph reflection on the Renaissance and how you would summarize this movement based on the readings from this lesson. Your paragraph should be no less than six sentences long, with no spelling errors.



Which of the following was not a major characteristic of the Harlem Renaissance?say yes



Q. Which of the following was not a major characteristic of the Harlem Renaissance?



**Duke Ellington was a major author.



Q. Which of the following was not a part of theater in the Harlem Renaissance?



**vaudeville shows



What was the predominant music of the Harlem Renaissance?



**jazz



Whose autobiography is called The Big Sea?



**Langston Hughes



Countee Cullen's "Tableau" is about a white boy and a black boy walking arm in arm.



**True



Countee Cullen's "Incident" is about a time when the speaker stole clothes from the clothesline.



**False



In Langston Hughes' "Theme for English B" the speaker is in a predominantly black classroom.



**False



Langston Hughes' "I Too Sing America" is about a time when the speaker performed the National Anthem at a baseball game.



**False



Why did the owners of the clubs who "barred their own race" lose business and fold up?



**They failed to realize that a large part of the Harlem attraction for downtown New Yorkers lay in simply watching the colored customers amuse themselves.



How did Zora feel when she listened to jazz?



**She "danced wildly inside herself."



Write a one paragraph reflection on the Renaissance and how you would summarize this movement based on the readings from this lesson. Your paragraph should be no less than six sentences long, with no spelling errors.



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