2. Besides including a photograph of lynched men, what other element does the postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" (136) include?
(a) A poem.
(b) An illustration.
(c) A timeline.
(d) A manifesto.

3. Gates urges the reader to think about the concept of the New Negro as a "metaphorical form of" (186) what?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Lynching.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) The Harlem Renaissance.

4. In what year did the Plessy vs. Ferguson case lead to widespread segregation?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1854.

5. What aspect of the African American male identity could not be contained, according to people opposing miscegenation?
(a) A thirst for homicide.
(b) Physical strength.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective was added to the term eugenics in order to signify "the use of selective breeding to create a genetically superior race and to eliminate 'inferior' people" (74)?

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

3. What was the approximate population of African Americans within the United States in 1920?

4. From which two Greek words did the term eugenics spring?

5. Nearly every work of art presented within the African American exhibit at the World's Fair featured its subject in what location?

(see the answer key)

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