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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who termed the members of the New Negro movement as the Talented Tenth?
(a) W.E.C. Wright.
(b) Alain Locke.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

2. The Wilmington race riot of 1898 is thought to have resulted in the deaths of how many African Americans?
(a) 200.
(b) 90.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

3. Besides including a photograph of lynched men, what other element does the postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" (136) include?
(a) A manifesto.
(b) A poem.
(c) An illustration.
(d) A timeline.

4. What was the surname of the first African American to ever earn a PhD?
(a) Gabbard.
(b) Macon.
(c) Washington.
(d) Bowen.

5. Who illustrated the piece of propaganda entitled "Amalgamation Waltz" (136)?
(a) Edward W. Clay.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Carter G. Woodson.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to supporters of the New Negro movement, how many New Negros existed in the United States in 1920?

2. Gates urges the reader to think about the concept of the New Negro as a "metaphorical form of" (186) what?

3. What was the approximate population of African Americans within the United States in 1920?

4. The Separate Car act referred to what type of transportation?

5. Who was "anointed in the white press as the manifestation, the embodiment, of the New Negro" (191)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the concept of the Talented Tenth advocated by W.E.B. Du Bois.

2. For what purpose does Gates underscore the notion of agency within his discussion of the New Negro movement?

3. What was the intended goal of the group who launched the New Negro movement?

4. What percentage of African Americans lived in the South by 1900?

5. For what reason does Gates refer to Homi K. Bhabha's discussion of stereotypes?

6. What examples does Gates provide for his claim that the "postwar American collective unconscious" was for a time "projected onto a host of everyday, ordinary consumer objects" (132)?

7. Discuss the significance of Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech.

8. How many people are estimated to have been part of the Talented Tenth in 1920?

9. Explain the concept of xenophobic masking.

10. How does Barbara Johnson define a stereotype and why does Gates consider her definition useful?

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