Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement

Question 1

According to the passage, what have been the effects of middle-class Black Americans reading only “white” books and papers? Check all answers that are correct.

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Black Americans have been led to believe only White culture is respectable.; Black American intellectuals have failed to connect with their own heritage.

Question 2

Which of the following statements express a possible theme or themes in Hughes’s essay? Check all that apply.

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African American artists should express Black experiences in their works.; African American artists should take pride in their heritage.; African American intellectuals are wrong to consider White culture superior.

Question 3

Hughes describes jazz as “the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile.” How is this phrase a paradox?It exaggerates for dramatic effect.It presents an opposite reality than expected.✔ It reveals a truth through contradictions.

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✔ It reveals a truth through contradictions.

Question 4

What does the paradox of the tom-tom imply about jazz music?

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Jazz’s smile contains pain and joy.

Question 5

What does Hughes mean by “a lifetime of white books, pictures, and papers”?

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the experience of growing up with White influences rather than African American ones

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