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)?
(a) Race.
(b) Modern.
(c) Positive.
(d) Designed.

2. In what year was the "nation's first federal civil rights law" (6) enacted?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1866.

3. The film entitled The Birth of a Nation was released in what year?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1942.

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

5. In what year does Gates say the New Negro movement began?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1894.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Gates use to refer to the genre of American popular culture that sought to portray African Americans as the opposite of "Truth and Beauty, the Good and the Civilized" (126)?

2. Gates states in the preface that the title of Stony the Road is taken from what type of artistic work?

3. Which term was synonymous with miscegenation in the post-Civil War era?

4. What emotion did works of Sambo art seek to inspire in their audiences?

5. For how many years has Gates considered Harvard to be his "home" (76)?

(see the answer key)

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