Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance part 2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby color
Gatsby questions
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When was the Harlem Renaissance Developed.

1910-1930s

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Which genre of music was most strongly associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

Jazz

100

What is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous novel?

The Great Gatsby

100

What is the color of the light at the end of Daisy’s dock?

Green

100

Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?

Nick Carraway

200

What is the Harlem Renaissance best know for?

Performing Arts

200

What New York neighborhood was the center of the Harlem Renaissance?

Harlem

200

Which university did Fitzgerald attend, though he never graduated?

Princeton

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What color is most associated with Daisy Buchanan, especially in Gatsby’s idealized memory of her?

White

200

How does Gatsby say he made his fortune, at first?

Inheritance

300

This jazz pianist and composer won fame as one America's greatest composers. He wrote such pieces as "Moody Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady".

Duke Ellington

300

Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

A cultural, social, and artistic explosion 

300

Which of Fitzgerald’s novels was considered a failure during his lifetime but is now seen as a classic?

The Great Gatsby

300

What does the frequent use of white to describe Daisy suggest about her character—especially in contrast to who she really is?

She appears pure, but is actually shallow and morally ambiguous

300

Which character is described as having a "voice full of money"?

Daisy Buchanan

400

Who became know as the leader of the great migration



W.E.B Du Bois

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City that received the most migrants from the south between 1910 and 1920.

Chicago

400

What was the title of Fitzgerald’s first published novel?

This Side of Paradise

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Which color in the novel is most associated with decay, corruption, and moral emptiness—despite also being linked to wealth?

Yellow/Gold

400

What is the significance of the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock?

It symbolizes Gatsby’s hopes and dreams

500

Which author wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God, a novel influenced by Harlem Renaissance themes, though published later 

Zora Neale Hurston

500

Which Harlem Renaissance figure wrote the poem “If We Must Die,” a passionate call to resist racial violence?

Claude McKay

500

What was Fitzgerald working on at the time of his death in 1940?

A novel called The Last Tycoon

500

The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and surrounded by yellow spectacles. What do these colors together suggest?

Cold detachment and fake wealth

500

What is the name of the man who always comes to Gatsby’s parties and is shocked the books are real?

Owl Eyes