Question 1 What is one of the key features of Zora Neale Hurston’s work? Bringin

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Question 1

What is one of the key features of Zora Neale Hurston’s work?

Bringing components of the blues and jazz into her writing

Presenting idealized African American characters

Using dialect to capture her characters’ voices

Delivering overt political statements in her work

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Question 2

In addition to the Harlem Renaissance, to which other artistic movement did Toomer belong?

Modernism

Neoclassicism

Imagism

Fin de siècle

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Question 3

What was one problem African American authors and artists faced during the Harlem Renaissance?

The political and social culture of the South made it impossible for Southern blacks to make it to Harlem

There were no literary magazines in which to publish their writing

White authors often funded and read their work, which sometimes put constraints on their writing

White audiences were not interested in the jazz and blues

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Question 4

In which of the following did Zora Neale Hurston NOT have an interest?

Oral performance and storytelling

Anthropology

Communism

African American folklore

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Question 5

Which of the following Harlem Renaissance writer's work was credited with jumpstarting the Harlem Renaissance movement?

Langston Hughes

Zora Neale Hurston

Claude McKay

Jean Toomer

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Question 6

Which of the following was NOT a component of the Harlem Renaissance?

An increased demand for racial equality

An attempt to rewrite white stereotypes of African Americans

A renewed interest in African culture

Agreement about how African American authors should portray the black experience in America

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Question 7

Claude McKay’s childhood place of birth influenced his writing. Where was he born?

Eatonville, FL

Washington, D.C.

Jamaica

West Africa

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Question 8

The full text of Jean Toomer’s Cane is divided into three parts. Which of the following is not a setting of any of those three parts?

Chicago

Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington, D.C.

Rural Georgia

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Question 9

What poetic form does Claude McKay use most often in his poetry?

Ballad

Villanelle

Ode

Sonnet

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Question 10

Which music genres played a role in the art created during the Harlem Renaissance?

Jazz and blues

Rap and R & B

Rock and bandstand

Classical and opera

a.

Bringing components of the blues and jazz into her writing

b.

Presenting idealized African American characters

c.

Using dialect to capture her characters’ voices

d.

Delivering overt political statements in her work

Explanation / Answer

1)a)Bringing components of blues and jazz into her work.

2)b)Neoclassicism

3)b)There was no literary magazines in which to publish their writing

4)c)Communism

5)c)Claude McKay

6)b)An attempt to rewrite white stereotypes of African Americans

7)c)Jamaica

8)c)Washington,DC

9)d)Sonnet

10)b)Jazz and blues

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