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Harlem Renaissance Study Guide
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Recall and Interpret ( A black man talks of reaping)
____ 1. In “A black man talks of reaping,” the word “I” refers to
|a. |a cotton farmer. |
|b. |all African American farm workers. |
|c. |all humans. |
|d. |anyone who works in agriculture. |
____ 2. The time frame covered in this poem is
|a. |before the Civil War. |c. |harvest. |
|b. |planting time. |d. |unlimited time. |
____ 3. When the speaker says “beside all waters,” he means that
|a. |African American workers have farmed in many places. |
|b. |those who farm along the Mississippi River. |
|c. |people cannot farm beside the ocean. |
|d. |all rivers flow down to the sea. |
____ 4. The speaker fears wind and birds because they
|a. |eat corn from the cob. |c. |blow away seeds. |
|b. |crush wheat crops. |d. |cause serious erosion. |
____ 5. The speaker saves his crop by
|a. |watering heavily in the morning. |c. |planting late in the spring. |
|b. |putting a scarecrow in the field. |d. |planting the seeds very deep. |
____ 6. What is the mood of this poem?
|a. |happy |c. |despairing |
|b. |concerned |d. |indignant |
____ 7. From the lines “small wonder then my children glean in fields/they have not sown…,” the reader can infer all of the following EXCEPT that
|a. |African Americans work as field hands. |
|b. |African Americans do not own their own land |
|c. |many African Americans are involved in agriculture. |
|d. |the lives of African Americans are steadily improving. |
____ 8. The children eat “bitter fruit” because they
|a. |have nothing else to eat. |c. |they are being punished. |
|b. |have no hope of true success. |d. |must eat what they are served. |
Vocabulary ( A black man talks of reaping)
____ 9. When seeds are sown, they are
|a. |planted. |c. |stored. |
|b. |purchased. |
____ 10. To suffer through a lean year is to have
|a. |bad weather. |c. |an unproductive season. |
|b. |a large crop. |
____ 11. When a person reaps what he sows, he
|a. |produces clothes. |c. |plows his fields. |
|b. |harvests his crop. |
Recall and Interpret (Any Human to Another)
____ 12. The theme of “Any Human to Another” is that
|a. |The speaker wants people to recognize his emotions. |
|b. |African Americans are happy and sad. |
|c. |all humans feel the same emotions. |
|d. |few people share their deepest thoughts. |
____ 13. The line “like sea and river” refers to
|a. |a person drowning in his own tears. |
|b. |the lack of emotion found in nature. |
|c. |an attempt to wash away grief. |
|d. |the blending of two people’s emotions. |
____ 14. When the speaker talks of “A little tent pitched in a meadow,” he means that
|a. |people cannot survive all alone. |
|b. |camping is one way of communing with nature. |
|c. |people have a right to do what they wish. |
|d. |people do better living by themselves. |
____ 15. When the speaker says “Joy may be shy,” he means that
|a. |unfriendly people never feel joy. |
|b. |shy people feel more joy than outgoing people. |
|c. |few people come to truly know joy. |
|d. |joy and sorrow are experienced in equal portions. |
____ 16. To what item does the speaker compare grief?
|a. |a sword |c. |bones |
|b. |arrows |d. |a crown |
____ 17. The lines “My sorrow must be laid/On your head like a crown” refer to
|a. |individual demands of friendship. |
|b. |shared burdens of sorrow. |
|c. |unwritten laws of social behavior. |
|d. |dumping one’s burdens on someone else. |
____ 18. In general, the speaker feels that all people have emotions, particularly
|a. |sympathy. |c. |love. |
|b. |joy. |d. |sorrow. |
Vocabulary (Any Human to Another)
____ 19. If a lightning bolt fused a wire to a metal plate, the wire was
|a. |blended with the metal. |c. |electrified. |
|b. |separated from the metal. |
____ 20. Ellen was known for having diverse talents. Her talents were
|a. |common and boring. |c. |artistic and intellectual. |
|b. |different and varied. |
____ 21. If a piece of jewelry is unique, it is
|a. |unlike any other jewelry. |c. |made of gold and diamonds. |
|b. |a copy of a famous gem. |
____ 22. When the butcher unsheathed his knife, he
|a. |placed it into a wooden knife block. |c. |removed it from a protective case. |
|b. |sharpened it with a whetstone. |
Recall and Interpret (from Dust Tracks on a Road)
____ 23. “Dust Tracks on a Road” means
|a. |a poorly paved city alley. |
|b. |the path Zora Neale Hurston walked as she grew up. |
|c. |the footprints a child leaves on a path. |
|d. |the history of education in rural Florida. |
____ 24. The reader knows that visitors are important at the school because the
|a. |children must wash, dress better, and wear shoes. |
|b. |teacher has the children give the visitors gifts. |
|c. |children put on a play to impress the visitors. |
|d. |parents offer a special treat to impress the visitors. |
____ 25. The teacher ensures the best behavior of the children by the
|a. |promise of candy. |c. |threat of a whipping. |
|b. |promise of extra recess. |d. |threat of telling the parents. |
____ 26. How does the reader know that Hurston grew up in a segregated area?
|a. |She knew only three white people as a child. |
|b. |She gets rides to the end of the road in white people’s cars. |
|c. |Her grandmother scolds her for her behavior. |
|d. |She learns to read the Greco-Roman myth. |
____ 27. Calhoun is upset when the two Minnesota women visit because
|a. |he was not prepared for them to come. |
|b. |he had planned to test the students. |
|c. |most of the children were not in the school. |
|d. |the classroom had not been properly cleaned. |
____ 28. Young Zora is fascinated by the women’s
|a. |fancy jewelry. |c. |long, thin fingers. |
|b. |pale skin. |d. |expensive leather shoes. |
____ 29. After her visit to the hotel, the women give Zora a
|a. |slate for writing her lessons. |c. |new dictionary. |
|b. |pair of shoes. |d. |roll of new pennies. |
____ 30. Of the gifts she receives in the big package, Zora most values the
|a. |red coat. |c. |hat and scarf. |
|b. |books. |d. |patent leather shoes. |
Vocabulary (from Dust Tracks on a Road)
____ 31. To be exalted is to
|a. |be humbled. |c. |he spared troubles. |
|b. |be held high in esteem. |
____ 32. If students snicker at someone’s mistakes, they
|a. |shy away from the embarrassment. |c. |laugh in a snide manner. |
|b. |refuse to watch. |
____ 33. When Charlie said he was indifferent about music, he meant that he
|a. |had no feeling about it. |c. |had great musical talent. |
|b. |was enthusiastic about it. |
____ 34. We were surprised by the boy’s brazenness toward his teacher because he
|a. |waved in a friendly manner. |c. |acted in a defiant way. |
|b. |spoke in a gentle tone. |
Recall and Interpret (I, Too)
____ 35. What does the phrase “darker brother” imply?
|a. |a relationship between all people |c. |two brothers in the same family |
|b. |close family ties |d. |people with no relationship |
____ 36. The meaning of “I, too, sing America,” is that
|a. |African Americans know patriotic music. |
|b. |Hughes wants to be a citizen. |
|c. |African Americans are part of the American culture. |
|d. |everyone in America sings the same songs. |
____ 37. What does the meal eaten in the kitchen represent?
|a. |a long heritage of being treated as second-class citizens |
|b. |the work of African Americans as cooks and butlers |
|c. |the lack of social manners by many people |
|d. |a failure to understand African American culture |
____ 38. The speaker believes that in the future he will
|a. |recognize his enemies. |c. |know more about history. |
|b. |learn table manners. |d. |be included in American culture. |
____ 39. How does Hughes say the speaker deals with being sent to the kitchen?
|a. |sorrow |c. |laughter |
|b. |anger |d. |revenge |
____ 40. The phrase “grow strong” means to
|a. |acquire better muscles. |c. |eat better food. |
|b. |become more powerful. |d. |learn from past treatment. |
____ 41. The people will be ashamed by their
|a. |reaction to the speaker’s attractiveness. |
|b. |failure to recognize the speaker. |
|c. |ignorance of proper manners. |
|d. |treatment of African Americans in the past. |
____ 42. In this poem, “I” is
|a. |all Americans. |c. |just Hughes. |
|b. |people who entertain others. |d. |only brothers. |
Recall and Interpret (If We Must Die)
____ 43. The speaker urges his fellow African Americans not to be like
|a. |dogs on the hunt. |c. |pigs being slaughtered. |
|b. |cowards in battle. |d. |monsters in the night. |
____ 44. The mad and hungry dogs are
|a. |people who oppress African Americans. |
|b. |animals on the city streets. |
|c. |people who steal from others. |
|d. |police and government officials. |
____ 45. The speaker wishes his people to
|a. |work harder. |c. |give up easily. |
|b. |help their oppressors. |d. |die nobly. |
____ 46. What reaction does the speaker expect from defying the “monsters”?
|a. |anger |c. |fear |
|b. |respect |d. |anxiety |
____ 47. The speaker compares civil rights to
|a. |causing trouble. |c. |fighting a lopsided battle. |
|b. |facing a wall. |d. |understanding various cultures. |
____ 48. The last two lines of the poem are an example of
|a. |an heroic couplet. |c. |an extended metaphor. |
|b. |terza rima. |d. |tercet. |
Vocabulary (If We Must Die)
____ 49. To behave nobly is to act
|a. |with superior morals or character. |c. |in one’s own personal interests. |
|b. |against the wishes of others. |
____ 50. To be constrained from acting is to be
|a. |refused or rejected. |c. |encouraged or praised. |
|b. |forced or limited. |
____ 51. A person who dines with his kinsmen is one who eats with
|a. |enemies from past battles. |c. |people of a similar background. |
|b. |friends on a sports team. |
Recall and Interpret (My City)
____ 52. The phrase “endless night” is a metaphor for
|a. |sorrow. |c. |sleeping. |
|b. |darkness. |d. |death. |
____ 53. What verse form does Johnson use for My City?
|a. |English sonnet |c. |quatrain |
|b. |terza rima |d. |Petrachan sonnet |
____ 54. What city does the speaker celebrate?
|a. |Boston |c. |Atlanta |
|b. |New York City |d. |Chicago |
____ 55. The “threshold” is a doorway to
|a. |death. |c. |nightmares. |
|b. |exhaustion. |d. |sleep. |
____ 56. The speaker offers a several images of things he will not miss, including all EXCEPT
|a. |cows. |c. |raindrops. |
|b. |flowers. |d. |birds. |
____ 57. What is noticeable about all the images in the first stanza?
|a. |They are all aspects of nature. |
|b. |They can all be found in a city park. |
|c. |They are all items from the speaker’s youth. |
|d. |They are all romantic in nature. |
____ 58. The phrase “patient herds” refers to
|a. |people on a street. |c. |cows in a pasture. |
|b. |barnyard animals. |d. |children at play. |
____ 59. What does the speaker say he will miss if he dies?
|a. |the peace of the country |c. |the majesty of the mountains |
|b. |the bustle of the city |d. |the rolling ocean waves |
____ 60. How does the speaker present a balanced view of the city?
|a. |He compares the city both in day and night. |
|b. |He knows that people from all walks of life live in cities. |
|c. |He talks about sights and sounds. |
|d. |He mentions both shining towers and slums. |
Vocabulary (My City)
____ 61. If a girl makes subtle changes to her hair, she makes changes that are
|a. |barely noticeable. |c. |dreadfully obvious. |
|b. |clearly dramatic. |
____ 62. When the speaker presented the stark truth about Manhattan, he was
|a. |making a nice compliment. |c. |telling the complete truth. |
|b. |speaking an unpleasant truth. |
____ 63. When Will tried to explain his unutterable sorrow, he could not because his loss was
|a. |too distant to be completely remembered. |
|b. |too recent for him to deal with it. |
|c. |too deep to be put into words. |
Recall and Interpret (Stanzas from a Black Epic)
____ 64. The Jacob Lawrence collection was unique because it was the first
|a. |painting by an African American artist. |
|b. |African American collection owned by the Museum of Modern Art. |
|c. |art produced in the twentieth century. |
|d. |collection based on historic events. |
____ 65. Which of these was a major theme of Lawrence’s art?
|a. |the Great Migration |c. |cotton farming |
|b. |the Civil War |d. |dancing |
____ 66. Lawrence’s work is considered an “epic” because it
|a. |deals with classic heroes. |
|b. |revolves around the life of one person. |
|c. |is a united body of work on a common theme. |
|d. |creates the same effect as larger paintings. |
____ 67. Lawrence received art training at
|a. |his local high school. |c. |the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
|b. |the Harlem Art Workshop. |d. |a local art dealer’s studio. |
____ 68. The subjects of Lawrence’s paintings are based on events Lawrence discovered through
|a. |history classes. |c. |a book of hymns. |
|b. |his imagination. |d. |his southern heritage. |
____ 69. Lawrence’s art collection can be compared to
|a. |stanzas in an epic poem. |c. |parts of a symphony. |
|b. |lyrics to a song. |d. |pages in a book. |
____ 70. Key themes that appear in Lawrence’s work are
|a. |religion and poverty. |c. |sorrow and anger. |
|b. |work and play. |d. |permanence and resistance. |
Recall and Interpret (The Negro Speaks of Rivers)
____ 71. What is the tone of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”?
|a. |resentful |c. |angry |
|b. |thoughtful |d. |aggressive |
____ 72. The “I” in this poem represents
|a. |Hughes. |c. |the human race. |
|b. |African Americans. |d. |no one in particular. |
____ 73. “I’ve known rivers” means that
|a. |Hughes has worked on rivers. |
|b. |humanity has evolved where these rivers run. |
|c. |rivers have been more important in the past. |
|d. |conservation of water resources is important to the speaker. |
____ 74. How does Hughes depict ancient time?
|a. |“My soul has grown deep” |c. |“all golden in the sunset” |
|b. |“I built my hut” |d. |“when dawns were young” |
____ 75. Which phrase indicates prehistoric times?
|a. |“it lulled me to sleep” |
|b. |“older than the flow of human blood in human veins” |
|c. |“and raised the pyramids above it” |
|d. |“I heard the singing of the Mississippi” |
____ 76. Which rivers represent civilizations in Africa?
|a. |the Euphrates and the Ganges |c. |the Mississippi and the Euphrates |
|b. |the Ganges and the Mississippi |d. |the Nile and the Congo |
____ 77. The speaker mentions Abraham Lincoln because Lincoln
|a. |decided to end slavery when he visited New Orleans as a young man. |
|b. |stood up against the southern states in the Civil War. |
|c. |represent the North and the end of segregation. |
|d. |had traveled the Mississippi River from Illinois to New Orleans. |
____ 78. The speaker refers to rivers as “dusky” because ancient rivers
|a. |bear the color of a long history. |
|b. |are usually polluted. |
|c. |have darker water than recent rivers. |
|d. |move slowly and are full of silt. |
Vocabulary (The Negro Speaks of Rivers)
____ 79. To lull a child’s fears is to
|a. |soothe the fears away. |c. |create new fears. |
|b. |worsen the fears. |
____ 80. If a man returns to the bosom of his childhood, he is going to the
|a. |family he grew up with. |c. |heart of his youth. |
|b. |location of his youth. |
____ 81. A dusky hue is
|a. |pale but colorful. |c. |bright and shiny. |
|b. |dark or murky. |
Recall and Interpret (The Tropics in New York)
____ 82. Where does the reader assume the speaker comes from originally?
|a. |the American West |c. |upstate New York |
|b. |a southern state |d. |a Caribbean island |
____ 83. The items mentioned in the first three lines are significant because they are all
|a. |common vegetables. |c. |tropical products. |
|b. |exotic spices. |d. |native plants. |
____ 84. To the speaker, bananas and cocoa represent
|a. |his home. |c. |difficult times. |
|b. |his future. |d. |childhood poverty. |
____ 85. Where is the speaker in the poem?
|a. |in an orchard picking fruit |
|b. |in a citrus fruit grove |
|c. |in a farmer’s market in Puerto Rico |
|d. |outside a fruit store in New York |
____ 86. The speaker describes the rolling hills of his island home as
|a. |hazy. |c. |nun-like. |
|b. |familiar. |d. |golden. |
____ 87. What is the attitude of the speaker in “The Tropics in New York”?
|a. |reserved |c. |gruesome |
|b. |homesick |d. |lighthearted |
____ 88. When the speaker feels these memories of home, he
|a. |bows his head and cries. |
|b. |smiles in a wry way. |
|c. |laughs aloud in public. |
|d. |purchases some of his favorite fruits. |
Vocabulary (The Tropics in New York)
____ 89. When a person gives a benediction at a meal, he or she is giving a
|a. |compliment to the cook. |c. |blessing over the food. |
|b. |serving of meat. |
Recall and Interpret (When the Negro Was in Vogue)
____ 90. In the late 1920s, what occurred that negatively changed the lives of both African Americans and whites?
|a. |popular dance clubs |c. |the stock market crash |
|b. |national radio broadcasts |d. |outstanding Broadway musicals |
____ 91. Among the most popular African American singers of the time were
|a. |Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. |
|b. |Hall Johnson and William Grant Still. |
|c. |Katharine Cornell and Margaret Wycherly. |
|d. |Mrs. Leslie Carter and W. Somerset Maugham. |
____ 92. White people in Manhattan were drawn to Harlem by
|a. |fancy restaurants. |c. |the Metropolitan Museum of art. |
|b. |the Cotton Club. |d. |schools and universities. |
____ 93. Which African American singer-piano player seemed to make a major impression on Hughes?
|a. |Gladys Bentley |c. |Jacob Lawrence |
|b. |George Gershwin |d. |Heywood Broun |
____ 94. African American dancers made cards offering to teach tourists how to do the
|a. |Charleston. |c. |turkey trot. |
|b. |lindy-hop. |d. |fox trot. |
____ 95. According to Hughes, the interest in Harlem did not last because
|a. |Harlem clubs closed. |
|b. |people became interested in Russia. |
|c. |it was a fad. |
|d. |the Harlem Renaissance ended abruptly. |
Vocabulary (When the Negro Was in Vogue)
____ 96. A woman dressed in vogue is dressed
|a. |in the current fashion. |c. |in loose-fitting trousers. |
|b. |in shabby attire. |
____ 97. An impromptu party is held
|a. |after much planning. |c. |with no preparation. |
|b. |in a public site. |
____ 98. When wealthy whites brought their patronage to Harlem, they brought their
|a. |friends. |c. |business. |
|b. |interest. |
____ 99. If you have a scintillating conversation, that conversation is
|a. |boring. |c. |important. |
|b. |brilliant. |
____ 100. When the country celebrate the millennium, it was honoring
|a. |an epoch of war. |c. |a period of peace. |
|b. |an era of exploration. |
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