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

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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.

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

vaudeville shows

dramas

all male casts

Broadway plays

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What was the predominant music of the Harlem Renaissance?

blues

jazz

pop

heavy metal

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Whose autobiography is called The Big Sea?

Langston Hughes

Claude McKay

Countee Cullen

Zora Neale Hurston

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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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.

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How did Zora feel when she listened to jazz?

She "got wildly depressed inside herself."

calm

She "danced wildly inside herself."

angry

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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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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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