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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The New Negro, Pages 214-245 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was a mock funeral for slavery held by the city's African American citizens?
(a) Tupelo.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Macon.
(d) Atlanta.

2. With what crime were lynchings always associated by the murderers carrying out the sentence?
(a) Rape.
(b) Murder.
(c) Insubordination.
(d) Theft.

3. The postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" depicted how many dead men killed in a lynching?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

5. When William Lloyd Garrison burned a copy of the U.S. Constitution, what other object did he burn as well?
(a) A set of stocks.
(b) A yoke for oxen.
(c) A copy of the Declaration of Independence.
(d) A copy of the Fugitive Slave Law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government in 1881?

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

4. Victoria Earle Matthews's essay "The Value of Race Literature" (214) begins with a quote by whom?

5. How many African Americans attended the parade and mock funeral for slavery held in a particular city in 1865?

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