Quiz African American Literature

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Question 1 2.5 / 2.5 pts As a group, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance believed that race was a bankrupt concept which should be abandoned. art could be an instrument of social change. political freedom was less important than freedom of artistic expression. the primary purpose of art should be to portray a respectable image of black Americans. correct Question 2 2.5 / 2.5 pts As a poet, Countee Cullen developed a constant theme of militant racial protest. experimented with a variety of non-traditional poetic forms. received little critical attention during his lifetime. insisted on his right to explore non-racial subjects. correct Question 4
2.5 / 2.5 pts Which of the following statements about Black Swan Records is LEAST accurate? It consciously targeted its products to black audiences. It succeeded by hiring "earthy" and "rough" singers like Bessie Smith and Jelly Roll Morton whom white labels would not sign. It ultimately proved unable to compete with white-owned labels which discovered that there was a lucrative market in blues and jazz records. It consciously strove to infuse the black community with both capital and with an aura of respectability in the eyes of whites. correct Incorrect Question 5 0 / 2.5 pts Which of the following statements about Zora Neale Hurston is true? Her writing was influenced by her childhood in New York. Interracial themes were prominent in her works. She conducted ethnographic research in Alabama, Florida, and the Bahamas. She believed that black women living in urban cities were the embodiment of blacks as a group. Question 6 2 / 2 pts
Which Howard University professor and editor of the anthology The New Negro emerged as the architect of the Harlem Renaissance in 1924? Alain Locke Countee Cullen Paul Kellogg Charles S. Johnson correct Question 7 2 / 2 pts Who performed an open-air concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the spring of 1939 after the Daughters of the American Revolution barred her from singing in their Constitution Hall? Ella Fitzgerald Bessie Smith Billy Holliday Marian Anderson correct Question 8 2 / 2 pts As actors, Paul Robeson and Lena Horne both
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