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

2. In what year did Samuel Cartwright publish the article entitled "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race" (60)?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1813.

3. Benjamin Franklin Perry claimed in an 1866 newspaper article that all Africans rightfully inhabited one of which two roles?
(a) Slave or savage.
(b) Rapist or dolt.
(c) Slave or lecher.
(d) Poet or murderer.

4. The pseudoscience of phrenology was founded by a physiologist from what country?
(a) Germany.
(b) Belgium.
(c) The United States.
(d) Denmark.

5. In what year did African American men gain the right to register and vote?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1833.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does Gate name as having encountered fixed notions about Africa when attending college in the United States?

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

3. What is another name for the Harlem Renaissance, according to Gates and other scholars?

4. What kinds of graphs were used in the World's Fair exhibition to indicate the social and economic progress of African Americans since Emancipation?

5. In what state was the photograph taken that was transformed into the postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" (134)?

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