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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The New Negro, Pages 185-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gates asserts in Part Two that monogenesis "found its basis" (57) in what element of society?
(a) Folklore.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

2. How many medals, including bronze, silver, and gold, did the exhibition of African American images at the World's Fair win?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 22.
(d) 15.

3. How many quotes are provided within the epigraph section for Part Three: Framing Blackness?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. Booker T. Washington believed that what type of work was most suited to the majority of African Americans?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Medical.
(c) Academic.
(d) Artistic.

5. What term does Barbara Johnson define as "an already read text" (131)?
(a) Abolitionist.
(b) Slave.
(c) Xenophobe.
(d) Stereotype.

Short Answer Questions

1. The act of lynching was actually used to frighten African American men out of taking what action?

2. What is the common trait of all authors contained within the epigraph section of Part Three: Framing Blackness?

3. Alex Manly was the publisher and editor of the black newspaper the Daily Record, which operated in what state?

4. Supporters of monogenesis and polygenesis alike are said to have ignored the research findings of whom?

5. In what discipline did the first African American man to earn a PhD earn his degree?

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