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| What is another name for the Harlem renaissance? |
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| The Harlem Renaissance began in this town:_____after _____. |
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| harlem, ny after world war one |
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| Due to the harlem renaissance, ____ emerge and ____to new writers. |
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| political leaders; mentors |
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| Who started the "back to africa" movement? |
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| Why was the renaissance in harlem? |
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| as manhattan becomes more wealthy, minority groups get pushed out |
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| Between 1900 and 1920, what happens to the number of blacks in harlem? |
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| What is a nickname for Harlem? |
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| What is the name of a well known jazz club? |
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| Where and when was zora neale hurston born? |
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| Hurston grew up in what town? What age did she live there? |
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| eatonville, florida; ages three to thirteen |
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| What were four jobs that zora neale hurston's father had? |
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| preacher, farmer, carpenter, mayor |
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| Hurston considered eatoniville a _____. |
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| What did zora's mtoher urge her to do? |
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| zora was known for her ______. |
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| zora's mother died in ___. what did her father do? |
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| 1904; married a much younger woman |
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| Where did zora move in 1917? What did she do there? |
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| baltimore maryland where education was free to blacks, and even though she was 26 she enrolled in high school saying she was 16 |
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| Zora attended what two colleges? |
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| barnard college and howard university |
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| Zora graudated in ____majored in _____ and she worked as an _____. |
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| 1927; antropology; ethnographer |
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| What was the height of zora's career? |
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| the publication of "their eyes were watching god" |
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| Their Eyes were watching God was published in what year? how long did it take zora to write it? What was it criticized for? |
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| 1937; seven weeks;criticized for being "too black" |
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| What was zora's biggest profit on the novel? |
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| What was zora neale hurston accused of? |
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| ____refurbished Hurston's tombstone in 1973 because it was ____. |
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| What are four major symbols in the book? |
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| the pear tree, the horizon, maturity/independence, voice |
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| What is interesting about janie's grandparents? |
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| her grandfather is white and her grandmother is black |
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| Janie's mother is named ____because____. |
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| leafy; she was born in the woods |
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| she gets raped and starts drinking and is out of janie's life |
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| ____is thoughts, opinions, the way you phrase things, construct things. |
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| ____: how you construct a sentence. |
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| What three things are needed to "have a voice"? |
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| Who is the author that represents the voice of the Harlem renaissance? |
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| What does the river symbolize in "the negro speaks of rivers"? |
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| What is the name of Langston Hughes's Landmark essay? |
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| the negro artist and the racial mountains |
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| The negro artist and the racial mountain was first published in what magazine in what year? |
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| Where and win was Langston Hughes born? |
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| February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri |
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| Langston Hughes was raised by _____in what town? |
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| grandmother in lawrence, kansas |
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| When Hughes was thirteen, he moved to _____to live with his _____ and they eventually settled in what town? |
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| lincoln, illinois; mother and her husband; cleveland, ohio |
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| Who did Langston Hughes say were his primary influences? (3) |
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| Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman |
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| Langston Hughes died of complications from ____in _____ in what town? |
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| prostate cancer; may 22, 1967 in new york |
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| East 127th street in harlem, new york has been renamed what? |
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| Hughes wrote how many plays? and countless works of prose including the well known_____. |
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| What was the name of Hughes' famous biography? |
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| What was the name of the play hughes co-wrote with zora neale hurston? |
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| What were the names of the three poems by langston hughes read in class? |
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| the negro speaks of rivers; theme for english b; i, too, sing america |
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| Who wrote I Hear America singing? |
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| What is the name of the town that Joe and Janie move to? |
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| What three jobs does joe contribute to the town? |
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| mayor, postmaster, storekeeper |
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| When Jody buys the mule, who is he compared to? |
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| What two special occasions are celebrated in the town? |
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| the lighting of the lamp and the opening of the store |
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| What does Joe buy from Matt Bonner for five dollars? |
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| What is the cause of Joe's death? |
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| Janie is known as ____while growing up. |
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| Who plans to run two plows on his farm, despite his wife's objections? |
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| who complains about being "hongry" and not having enough food? |
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| Who is the "square toed" on who lives in the west?q |
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| Who tries to get to know Janie even though she's married? |
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| "ah'll take holt uh dat ax and come in dere and kill yuh!...ah'm too honest and hard workin' for anybody in yo' family, dat's de reason you don't want me!" |
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| logan says it and is talking to janie when he is mad at her for not working and rejecting him |
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| "put me down easy, Janie, ah'm a cracked plate." |
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| "ah does feed 'im. He's just too mean tuh git fat. He stay poor and raw bony jus' fuh spite. Skeered he'll hafta work some." |
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| "talkin' bout me lookin' old! when you pull down yo' britches, you look lak de change uh life!" |
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| Lake Okechobee is the ____freshwater lake in the us. |
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| What is Mrs. turner's god? |
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| What is Tea Cake's real name? |
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| Who wrote if we must die? |
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| Where and when was claude mckay morn? |
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| How does Janie become mature? |
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| she realizes that others being cruel to her is due to their limited perspective |
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| How many years apart are janie and tea cake? |
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| What is Janie's full name? |
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| What is the name of Janie's first husband? |
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| Who is janie's best friend in eatonville? |
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| What is the name of janie's grandmother? |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Turner live in the _____and own a ____. |
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| What is the name of Pheoby's husband? |
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| Janie's mother's name is ____ who was born after _____. |
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| leafy crawford, civil war |
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| Who is one of the first people janie and joe meet in eatonville? this person also tries to lure janie away from jody |
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| Who stays in a house during the hurricane and he lives in the everglades? |
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| Who is the delivery boy and assistant shopkeeper at joe's store? |
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| what is the name of the friendly white doctor who is well known in the muck? |
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| ____is a young man that janie first kisses when she is sixteen. |
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| What prompts nanny to make janie marry logan? |
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| she sees her kissing johnny |
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| Who are annie tyler and who flung? |
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| a wealthy widow and her much younger fiance |
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| What are the names of nanny's employer after she is freed? |
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| What is the name of the girl who is constantly flirting with tea cake at the end of the novel? |
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| Nanny says that the black women are the____of the world. |
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| Who are the two men that joe meets in eatonville first? |
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| How many acres of land are in eatonville? |
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| Who does joe hire to help build his store? |
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| lee coker and tony taylor |
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| What does jody buy for he and janie that make them look wealthy? |
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| Who does Joe run out of eatonville? Why? |
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| henry pitts becuase he stole joe's ribbon cane |
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| What becomes a festive event of the town? |
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| When does Joe accuse janie of incompetence? |
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| when she can't find any pigs feet |
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| How many years have joe and janie been together before he slaps her? |
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| Who begs jody's for meat? |
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| What instrument does tea cake play? |
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| What did Tea Cake use Janie's money to buy? |
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| a chicken and macaroni dinner for his railroad workers |
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| How much money does tea cake win from gambling? HOw does he get hurt? |
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| HOw much money does janie have in the bank? |
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| What is the other name of the everglades where tea cake and janie plan to move? |
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| Tea Cake grows ____in the muck. |
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| Who informs Janie that Tea Cake and Nunkie are in a patch of cane? |
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| During the off season, Janie hangs out with ____and ____. |
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| the bahamians and mrs. turner |
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| where on tea cake's body is he bitten? |
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| What is the only thing janie takes with her back to eatonville after tea cake's death? |
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