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COMPREHENSION QUIZ:
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Use the February 2014 issue of Scholastic Art to answer the questions.
Fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
1. The _______ refers to the movement of 5 million
African-Americans from the South to Northern
cities between 1900 and 1960. (pages 4-5)
A Underground Railroad
B Great Migration
C Harlem Renaissance
D Great Diaspora
2. The period of innovation in African-American
art, music, and literature in the early 20th century
became known as the _______. (pages 4-5)
A Great Migration
B Ascent of Ethiopia
C Harlem Renaissance
D Jazz Age
3. Palmer Hayden stylizes the figures in his
Jeunesse by _______ their limbs. (pages 4-5)
A abstracting
B elongating
C repeating
D shading
4. Jacob Lawrences popular series
of 60 paintings depicts scenes
from the _______. (pages 6-7)
A history of jazz
B Harlem Renaissance
C Great Migration
D Battle of Gettysburg
5. Lawrence fills his compositions with stylized
figures painted in _______ colors. (pages 6-7)
A bright
B flat
C shaded
D warm
6. Because Street Shadows has no _______,
there is a feeling of equality among
the figures. (pages 6-7)
A foreground
B diagonal lines
C horizon line
D focal point
7. Three Folk Musicians is a ______ made with
newspapers, Photostats, decorative paper,
photographs, and other materials. (pages 8-9)
A sculpture
B painting
C print
D collage
8. Romare Bearden often adds ________ to his
collages by using paper with patterns. (pages 8-9)
A texture
B realism
C solid colors
D focal points
9. Bearden _______ the shapes of figures legs
in Empress of the Blues, which creates a visual
rhythm. (page 10)
A changes
B idealizes
C modulates
D repeats
10. Njideka Akunyili uses collage techniques
similar to those developed by _______. (page 11)
A Romare Bearden
B Los Mailou Jones
C Jacob Lawrence
D Aaron Douglas