CSTU Chapter 16 and 17 Questions and Answers Already Graded
What city had become the center of the jazz world by the late 1920s?
Ans: New York
Which Caribbean-born author of Batouala played a crucial role in providing the budding writers of
the Harlem Renaissance with an international audience?
Ans: René Maran
As a group, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance believed that
Ans: art could be an instrument of social change.
Which of the following was an organization that was set up in 1910 and aimed at bettering the
working conditions of black musicians and composers in New York?
Ans: The Clef Club
Who was the first male blues singer to have his own recording?
Ans: Blind Lemon Jefferson
What controversial 1929 King Vidor film produced arguably Hollywood's most realistic and
sensitive portrayal of black family life before the 1970s?
Ans: Hallelujah!
Which of the following statements about the Harlem Renaissance is LEAST accurate?
Ans: The Renaissance was opposed by leaders of civil rights organizations, who regarded its
emphasis on the arts as a distraction from the struggle against racism.
Who was the best-known black leftist of the 1930s?
Ans: Richard Wright
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?
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What city had become the center of the jazz world by the late 1920s?
Ans: New York
Which Caribbean-born author of Batouala played a crucial role in providing the budding writers of
the Harlem Renaissance with an international audience?
Ans: René Maran
As a group, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance believed that
Ans: art could be an instrument of social change.
Which of the following was an organization that was set up in 1910 and aimed at bettering the
working conditions of black musicians and composers in New York?
Ans: The Clef Club
Who was the first male blues singer to have his own recording?
Ans: Blind Lemon Jefferson
What controversial 1929 King Vidor film produced arguably Hollywood's most realistic and
sensitive portrayal of black family life before the 1970s?
Ans: Hallelujah!
Which of the following statements about the Harlem Renaissance is LEAST accurate?
Ans: The Renaissance was opposed by leaders of civil rights organizations, who regarded its
emphasis on the arts as a distraction from the struggle against racism.
Who was the best-known black leftist of the 1930s?
Ans: Richard Wright
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?
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