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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who illustrated the piece of propaganda entitled "Amalgamation Waltz" (136)?
2. What type of art was featured in the World's Fair exhibit depicting African Americans?
3. For how many years did the period of Reconstruction last?
4. What percentage of the African American population was free by 1860?
5. What percentage of African Americans were still in bondage in 1860?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Gates's reason for citing and discussing W.E.B. Du Bois's few problematic views?
2. Which gains in the area of racial equality made during Reconstruction had been lost by the arrival of the twentieth century?
3. For what purpose does Gates underscore the notion of agency within his discussion of the New Negro movement?
4. What was the difference between the circulation of images depicting black people before, versus after, the Civil War?
5. What percentage of the African American community was still enslaved in 1860?
6. Explain the concept of the Talented Tenth advocated by W.E.B. Du Bois.
7. What element caused the New Negro movement to emerge?
8. How does Barbara Johnson define a stereotype and why does Gates consider her definition useful?
9. Name at least five qualities of an ideal member of the New Negro movement, according to the perspective of its members?
10. What was the intended goal of the group who launched the New Negro movement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in Stony the Road? Examine Gates, Jr.'s treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.
Essay Topic 2
How are the themes of truth and deception depicted within Gates, Jr.’s book Stony the Road?
Essay Topic 3
Read a lengthy interview with Gates, Jr.. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Gates, Jr.’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of Stony the Road.
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