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Zora Neale Hurston was considered one of the leading voices of what movement of the 1920s where Black art began to flourish in America?
The Days of Chicago
The Harlem Renaissance
Philadelphia's Voice
The Boston Outcry
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Zora Neale Hurston at a young age moved to what Florida town which would serve as the setting of many of her works as well as the site of the contemporary annual Zora! Festival?
Eatonville
Westrich
Lakeview
Rorin's Point
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Hurston was a professional student of what subject which is defined as "the study of human cultures and societies"?
Saripology
Anthropology
Paleontology
Teratology
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Which of the following is the name of the Harlem Renaissance magazine known for publishing the early works of Zora Neale Hurston among other similar Black writers?
no?
"LISTEN UP"
FIRE!!
SCREAM 2
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Hurston's most popular novel in the modern day was her book about the character Janie Crawford who lived a life of self-discovery and pursued a fulfilling romance. What is the name of this 1937 novel?
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Feel a Bounty in Your Heart
Bedlam Calls
Carry Me Away
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Hurston's anthropological interests revealed themselves in her writing as she released collections of African-American and Caribbean legends and folktales. What is the name of the first collection of such tales which she published in 1935?
Fields of Rabbits
A Crown of Birds
Mules and Men
Horses Run Free
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What was the title of Hurston's debut novel which followed a family as they moved from Alabama to Eatonville, Florida?
Going Places with Ben and Eric
Tony's Birthday Song
Jonah's Gourd Vine
Michael's Comet
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In the literary canon, one of Hurston's most well-regarded essays was a piece describing her discovery of race differences in America and her experience growing up mindful of those differences. What is the name of this essay?
"Words to Unite and Words to Divide"
"I'd Never Noticed Their Faces Before"
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me"
"Penny Thoughts"
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Which of the following is a famous Hurston quote found in her essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me"?
"I looked and I saw a day called today."
"The way they spoke was like water passing through a sieve."
"How could any deprive themselves the pleasure of my company?"
"I felt sorry for the man. He couldn't be my mother's child."
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What was the name of Hurston's 1938 essay that helped introduce concepts of Caribbean voodoo culture to a wider academic audience?
"Tell My Horse"
"Feel Your Way"
"Stings, Doesn't It?"
"Really, I Don't Know"
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Hurston's text Moses, Man of the Mountain was a retelling of what book of the Bible?
Exodus
Genesis
Kings
Psalms
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Hurston's work gained a lot of attention after an article appeared in Ms. Magazine in 1975 praising her work. What author of The Color Purple wrote this influential essay on Hurston's works?
Maya Angelou
Nikki Giovanni
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
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Hurston's manuscripted collection of folktales Every Tongue Got to Confess was publish in 2001 after it was discovered in the archives of what famous American institution?
The Smithsonian
The Library of Congress
The New York Public Library
The National Archives of Estates
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In 2018, Hurston's last nonfiction work was discovered and published posthumously. This work was a biography of the man Cudjoe Lewis who was which of the following?
The first Black congressman in American history.
The American pirate with the highest bounty ever recorded.
The last adult slave to be brought to America from Africa.
The last known descendant of Mansa Musa
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What is the title of Hurston's autobiography which reflected on the joys and struggles of her life?
Dust Tracks on a Road
Looking Glass Broken
Maybe I'll Tell You
Ribbon Dances on a Ledge
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