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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. Gates states that the phenomenon of the New Negro movement culminated in "the birth of" (xv) what?
(a) The Brown vs. the Board of Education decision.
(b) The formation of the NAACP.
(c) The Plessy vs. Ferguson decision.
(d) The Harlem Renaissance.

2. In what country did advertising images of black people acknowledge the possibility of white women being attracted to black men?
(a) France.
(b) Canada.
(c) Greece.
(d) Mexico.

3. In what year was James Weldon Johnson appointed as the executive secretary of the NAACP?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1930.

4. In the part of the book entitled "A Note About the Text," Gates credits which historian for his guidance?
(a) Gwendolyn B. Bennett.
(b) Eric Foner.
(c) James Weldon Johnson.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

5. Gates describes Booker T. Washington's speech entitled "Atlanta Compromise" (192) by using which adjective?
(a) Unfortunate.
(b) Infamous.
(c) Famous.
(d) Revolutionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gates expresses the goal of publishing a book containing what objects in the future?

2. In what year was the Fifteenth Amendment ratified?

3. The anthology entitled The New Negro was dedicated to whom?

4. Who illustrated the piece of propaganda entitled "Amalgamation Waltz" (136)?

5. In what year did Frederick Douglass die?

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