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I was a Nobel Prize winner for Literature. I wrote the novels Of Mice and Men and Grapes of Wrath. I wrote both fiction and nonfiction. Who am I?
a) John Steinbeck
b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
c) Aaron Copland
d) George Gershwin

Improved the automobile; changed the mechanization of car manufacturing with the use of the assembly line
a) Henry Ford
b) Thomas Edison
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Woodrow Wilson

African American poet, one of the finest of the Harlem Renaissance. Who am I?
a) Countee Cullen
b) Bessie Smith
c) Zora Neale Hurston
d) Jessie Redmon Fauset

My paintings depicted flowers, nature, urban scenes, and eventually the Southwest. I lost my eyesight late in life, so I quit painting and began to work with clay. I owned my own art museum. Who am I?
a) Georgia O’Keeffe
b) John Steinbeck
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) Aaron Copland

Believed there was a link between building a bike and building a flying machine; invented the airplane
a) Wright Brothers
b) Henry Ford
c) Woodrow Wilson
d) Wrong Brothers

African American cultural anthropologists and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated the African American culture of the rural South. Who am I?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Jessie Redmon Fauset
c) Countee Cullen
d) Bessie Smith

As the literary editor for 'The Crisis,' she supported many new voices during the Harlem Renaissance. She also authored novels, essays and poems. Who am I?
a) Jessie Redmon Fauset
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Countee Cullen
d) Bessie Smith

I was a painter, writer, producer, pianist, orchestra leader, jazz composer, and a singer. I played at the Cotton Club. I sold refreshments at baseball games and liked Babe Ruth. One song was “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing.” Who am
a) Duke Ellington
b) Bessie Smith
c) Jacob Lawrence
d) Louis Armstrong

My nickname was Satchmo. I sang and played the trumpet. Two of my songs were “What a Wonderful World” and “Hello Dolly.” Who am I?
a) Louis Armstrong
b) Duke Ellington
c) Bessie Smith
d) Jacob Lawrence

was a painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration North through art. I received a $1500 fellowship for this series of paintings. Who am I?
a) Jacob Lawrence
b) Louis Armstrong
c) Duke Ellington
d) Bessie Smith

I was a young, blacan cultural roots in my poetry. I moved to NYC during the Great Migration. Who am I?
a) Langston Hughes
b) Jacob Lawrence
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Duke Ellington

I was known as “Empress of Blues.” Some of my most famous songs were “Gimme a Pigfoot” and “Down Hearted Blues.” I began performing in honky tonks and eventually made $2000 a week! Who am I?
a) Bessie Smith
b) Langston Hughes
c) Jacob Lawrence
d) Louis Armstrong

was a famous composer of American music and a pianist. I like to write music for both comedies and symphonies. My parents immigrated to the US from Russia. Two of my songs were “Porgy and Bess” and “Rhapsody in Blue.” Who am I?
a) George Gershwin
b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
c) Aaron Copland
d) George Gershwin

was a composer who wrote uniquely American music. I went to the University of North Carolina and then to Paris to study music. I wrote “Rodeo Hoedown” and “Appalachian Spring.” Who am I?
a) Aaron Copland
b) George Gershwin
c) Georgia O’Keeffe
d) F. Scott Fitzgerald

I was a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920’s. The Great Gatsby was one of my most famous novels. I was featured on a postage stamp. I was the namesake of a distant family member, Francis Scott Key, who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.”
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Aaron Copland
c) George Gershwin
d) Georgia O’Keeffe

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