Black History Quiz

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun?"

James Baldwin

Lorraine Hansberry

Zora Neale Hurston

Dorothy, from "The Wiz."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

This writer and activist moved to Paris , died there, and was buried in Harlem.

Lorraine Hansberry

Zora Neale Hurston

James Baldwin

Deebo

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

This writer died in the south, poor and virtually unknown.

Zora Neale Hurtson

James Baldwin

Lorraine Hansberry

Shonda Rhimes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?

Mindy Kaling

Lorraine Hansberry

James Baldwin

Zora Neale Hurston

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

This lady dropped out of college to pursue a career as a writer in New York.

Zora Neale Hurston

Kerry Washington

Lorraine Hansberry

Pam, from "The Office."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

This lady spent two years pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at Columbia University.

Jennifer Aniston

Lorraine Hansberry

Zora Neale Hurston

Kharlie Carpenter

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 10 pts

Who wrote "The Fire Next Time," about the problem with white Christians in America?

Zora Neale Hurston

James Baldwin

Desmond Bane

Lorraine Hansberry

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

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Black History Quiz

Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun?"

This writer and activist moved to Paris , died there, and was buried in Harlem.

This writer died in the south, poor and virtually unknown.

Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?

This lady dropped out of college to pursue a career as a writer in New York.

This lady spent two years pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at Columbia University.

Who wrote "The Fire Next Time," about the problem with white Christians in America?

This activist and writer died in her 30s of pancreatic cancer.

What was the original name of "A Raisin in the Sun?"

Finish this poem....
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore—And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sag like a heavy load.

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Black History Quiz

Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun?"

This writer and activist moved to Paris , died there, and was buried in Harlem.

This writer died in the south, poor and virtually unknown.

Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?

This lady dropped out of college to pursue a career as a writer in New York.

This lady spent two years pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at Columbia University.

Who wrote "The Fire Next Time," about the problem with white Christians in America?

This activist and writer died in her 30s of pancreatic cancer.

What was the original name of "A Raisin in the Sun?"

Finish this poem....What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore—And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sag like a heavy load.

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Finish this poem....
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore—And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sag like a heavy load.