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Directions: Use the websites provided to find the answers for this Web Quest.

Put your answers on a


sheet of paper.

1. When and where was Zora Neale Hurston born? Where did she move as a young girl?

http://zoranealehurston.com/about/index.html
Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama. She moved to Eatonville, Florida.

2. Given your knowledge of the time and place, what kind of world did Hurston grow up in?

http://zoranealehurston.com/about/index.html
She grew up in a world that was very small in meaning that she was only introduced to one type of culture.

3. What was the extent of Hurstons education? Considering her gender and color, does this surprise you?
Explain.

http://zoranealehurston.com/about/index.html
She graduated from Barnard College in 1928.
Go to the following site for Eatonville, Florida http://townofeatonville.com/

4. When, and by whom, was Eatonville founded? Eatonville was founded by 3 Union officers. (Captain Josiah
Eaton, Captain Lewis Lawrence)

5. Who was it named after? Captain Josiah Eaton

6. What is significant about Eatonville and African-American history? The town was basically made by all
African Americans. They built on the land the slaves used to work on and as the towns were made majority
black officials were appointed as mayor and Town Marshall.

7. What kind of achievements is Hurston noted for? She is most noted for her books that she wrote along with
the defining cultural tone of her books.

http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/hurston/hurston.htm

8. Use Google to look up The Harlem Renaissance. What was it? The Harlem Renaissance was an African
American cultural boom that took place in Harlem, New York. Also known as The New Negro Movement.

9. When and where did it occur? It occurred in the 1920s and it took place in Harlem, New York.

10. Who were some of the key participants? Jean Toomer, Jessie Fauset, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston,
James Weldon Johnson, Alain Locke, Omar Al Amiri, Eric D. Walrond and Langston Hughes

11. Use Google to look up when (and how) Zora Neale Hurston died January 28, 1960. She suffered a strok
and died of hypertensive heart disease.
12. Look up a definition of vernacular language. Explain in your own words what the term means and how it
might be applied to the novel we are about to read, which takes place in the Deep South. Vernacular language
is basically your way of speaking learned through different cultures in society. Due to the reasons Zora grew up
in the deep-south, she presented herself with a language that would come of really southern.

13. Us the following link to explore Hurstons use of Florida as a setting for African American folk life (scroll to
the bottom of page 2 of the document you find there, and read the short article called Scholarly Criticism on
the Use of Florida):

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00076693/00001

14. Why was Hurston criticized by other African American writers at the end of her literary career? She was
criticized because her beliefs about desegregation were unpopular and people disagreed.

15. According to Hurston, what role should cultural forms play in the writing of African Americans? They
would play a big role considering in their culture, there are many different aspects included such as: music,
food, art, clothing, vernacular, etc. Theyre important to write so that it stands out to people who arent from an
African American culture.

Using the same document, scroll down to page 5 to the article Hurston and Hughes: Competing
Public Intellectualism.

16. Explain how Mule Bone was supposed to be an example of real Negro art theatre. This creation was
made to prove that their art in a black community could be funny as well as dramatic and heart wrenching. Due
to the reasons that both artists were black and could write from a distinguished background, made the art form
become realistic.

17. According to the article, why was it problematic? It was problematic because there were some people
who believed that two black authors could not write about something real and that the art would be made up of
stereotypes.

18. How have African-Americans historically dealt with oppression and self-identity in this country? Offer some
reasons why. African Americans have been dealing with oppression and self-identity for many centuries and it
still affects us today. African American have peacefully fought for their rights and have always been fighters. I
believe that we as a culture will not stop fighting until we are given everything, that we deserve.

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