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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. In what year did Frederick Douglass die?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1882.

2. What is the title of Gates's PBS series that traces the ancestry of well-known African Americans?
(a) Unchained Memories.
(b) DNA Uncovered.
(c) African American Lives.
(d) Who You Are.

3. In what year was the Voting Rights Act passed?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1873.

4. How many works of art were presented within the African-American exhibit at the World's Fair?
(a) 88.
(b) 336.
(c) 248.
(d) 134.

5. In what year was the National League of Colored Women founded?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1894.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT a trait of an individual fitting the description of a "New Negro" (185)?

2. The controversial editorial published by the Daily Record claimed that which element of the human condition is "color-blind" (143)?

3. In what year was the Separate Car Act passed by the Louisiana legislature?

4. Who led a revolt among the slaves in Charleson, South Carolina in 1822?

5. Which comedian's great-great-grandfather served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War?

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