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. How many quotes are provided within the epigraph section for Part Three: Framing Blackness?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What emotion did works of Sambo art seek to inspire in their audiences?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Awe.
(d) Fear.

5. The act of lynching was actually used to frighten African American men out of taking what action?
(a) Voting.
(b) Dating white women.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Running for office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who termed the members of the New Negro movement as the Talented Tenth?

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

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

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

5. What is the common trait of all authors contained within the epigraph section of Part Three: Framing Blackness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Name at least five qualities of an ideal member of the New Negro movement, according to the perspective of its members?

4. Explain the concept of xenophobic masking.

5. What does Gates mean when he discusses the way in which the collective image of the African American in 1890s popular culture functioned like a visual mantra?

6. What was the sole reason for whites' wide distribution of racist images of African Americans in the late-nineteenth century?

7. What did Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Joseph McKenna write about African Americans in a majority opinion report in 1898?

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

9. What element caused the New Negro movement to emerge?

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

(see the answer keys)

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