Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	Why didn't Hughes frequent the Cotton Club?
	A.	He could not afford to pay the entry fee.
	B.	He was not welcome there.
	C.	The Cotton Club was a Jim Crow club.
	D.	He did not like the performers at the Cotton Club.

2.	According to Hughes, what happened to some of the finer things in Harlem once they became commercial?
	A.	Those things became symbols of new African American life.
	B.	Those finer things became dull.
	C.	The finer things became popular throughout the world.
	D.	They became status symbols for white Americans.

3.	What does Hughes suggest about the reality of the sparkling life of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?
	A.	It was a time of complete racial harmony.
	B.	Those were the happiest times of his life.
	C.	The Harlem Renaissance really did lift all African Americans both economically and socially.
	D.	There was bitterness and frustration beneath the surface.

4.	What does Hughes say about the effect of the Harlem Renaissance on ordinary African Americans?
	A.	The renaissance helped to raise everyone's work wages.
	B.	It helped place African Americans in a different social status.
	C.	There was little effect because ordinary African Americans never heard of it.
	D.	It created resentment towards white Americans.

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