What page talked about Jean Toomer?
342
What word generally goes in front of comparative adjectives or adverbs?
More
What was Blackbird of 1928?
A Broadway musical produced and performed by African-Americans.
Why is it better to be poor in Harlem?
It is a great place to be and it was a very positive neighborhood.
What is a synonym for the word launch?
A. start
B. wave
C. feed
D. close
A
What page can you find out what a "serious" theater is?
343
What word generally goes in front of superlative adjectives or adverbs?
Most
What is a sharecropper?
A sharecropper is a farmer who works the land but does not own it. The sharecropper keeps some of the harvest but pays the owner a share of the crops as rent.
Was Jessie Fauset a magazine editor or a formal poetry or a magazine editor?
A magazine editor
Which vocabulary word means "the actors in a play or movie"?
Cast
What page can you find what brought people to Harlem?
338
What ending is added to the end of a comparative adjectives or adverbs?
-ER
What was a rent party?
When someone didn’t have money for rent, they had a party. They charged people a little money to come to the party.
How did the problems in the south help create the Harlem Renaissance?
It caused a lot of people to move up north and show who they really were as people.
Define international.
Relating to two or more countries
What page can you find out what the Harlem Renaissance was?
334
What ending is added to the end of a superlative adjectives or adverbs?
-EST
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
It was when African-American poetry and art blossomed. It was when communities of artist sprang up and grew close.
How were people able to afford the art, parties, and other things that were part of the Harlem Renaissance?
The economy was very good.
What does the word "adventure" mean?
a thrilling or exciting experience; an exciting activity
What page talks about Carl Van Vechten and what he did?
345
Explain the difference between a comparative and a superlative adjective/adverb.
Comparative is when you compare one thing to another(2 things). Superlative is when you compare one thing to everything else(more than 2 things).
What did Carl Van Vechten do to help the Harlem Renaissance?
He made sure that newspapers wrote about African-American artist and writers.
What ended the Harlem Renaissance?
When the stock market crashed in 1929, the Great Depression began. People lost their jobs and there wasn’t enough money for parties, clubs, art, and writing.
A widespread reputation, especially for great achievement. This is the definition for which vocabulary word?
Fame