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1.From where did Jacob Lawrence gain self-confidence?
A.from his time spent at Harvard
B.from the artists involved in the WPA
C.from cultural climate of Harlem
D.from the earlier artists of the Harlem Renaissance



2.What slowed the economic and social progress of many African Americans who moved north after 1929?
A.the Ku Klux Klan
B.Jim Crow laws
C.terrorism
D.the Great Depression



3.According to the author, what did the Harlem Renaissance allow African Americans to do?
A.reinvent themselves
B.gain the right to vote
C.forget their southern heritage
D.prosper economically



4.In the Migration series paintings, what does the writer say Lawrence avoided?
A.poignant topics
B.caricatures
C.realism
D.self-expressiveness



5.What did Lawrence call his style of painting?
A.dynamic Cubism
B.Egyptian stillness
C.integrated connections
D.static minimalism

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