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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chains of Being: The Black Body and the White Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages did the pamphlet entitled "Miscegenation" contain?
(a) 12.
(b) 45.
(c) 72.
(d) 21.

2. Which comedian's great-great-grandfather served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War?
(a) Kevin Hart.
(b) Chris Rock.
(c) Eddie Murphy.
(d) Steve Harvey.

3. Which term was synonymous with miscegenation in the post-Civil War era?
(a) Abomination.
(b) Intermingling.
(c) Reclamation.
(d) Amalgamation.

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

5. In what year was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main premise behind the theory of polygenesis?

2. Gates asserts in Part Two that "adherents to polygenesis" (57) turned to what element of society?

3. Besides including a photograph of lynched men, what other element does the postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" (136) include?

4. Charles Carroll's book The Negro, a Beast sought to prove the destructive nature of what practice?

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

(see the answer key)

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