Zora Neale Hurston had a way with words. A brilliant writer of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston’s groundbreaking 1937 book Their Eyes Were Watching God was heralded as the first African-American feminist novel.

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Pop Quiz: How Well Do You Know Zora Neale Hurston?

Question 1/5

Zora was born on January 7, 1891, in _______.

Fort Pierce, FL

Notasulga, AL

New Orleans, LA

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Question 2/5

When Zora was ___, she pretended she was 10 years younger than she actually was so she could qualify for a free high school education in Baltimore.

24

26

28

30

Question 3/5

Not only a celebrated novelist, Zora was also an accomplished ______.

playwright

folklorist

anthropologist

all of the above

Question 4/5

Despite having written five books, becoming a Guggenheim fellow, and consulting for Paramount, when job prospects dried up, Zora began supporting herself as a ____ in the ’50s. She died of heart disease in a Florida welfare home in 1960.

maid

cigarette girl

substitute teacher

factory worker

Question 5/5

Complete the following Zora quote: “Trying to live without ____ is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It’s a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.”

sex

feminism

friends

money