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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The New Negro, Pages 214-245 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Du Bois's sociological study entitled The Philadelphia Negro published?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1855.

2. In what year did African American men gain the right to register and vote?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1901.

3. Who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government in 1881?
(a) Edward A. Pollard.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

4. Who illustrated the piece of propaganda entitled "Amalgamation Waltz" (136)?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Edward W. Clay.
(d) Carter G. Woodson.

5. Which artist is said to have developed cubism from studying African masks?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Matisse.
(c) Manet.
(d) Dali.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Voting Rights Act passed?

2. In what year was the Separate Car Act passed by the Louisiana legislature?

3. In what year did the Plessy vs. Ferguson case lead to widespread segregation?

4. Gates expresses the goal of publishing a book containing what objects in the future?

5. Gates asserts that in the two years directly following the Civil War, African Americans became keenly aware of the link between economic advancement and what?

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