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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan taught at which college when he wrote Ancient Society?
2. In what capacity was Louis Agassiz hired by a particular institution of higher learning in 1846?
3. Who was the first African American to earn a PhD from Harvard?
4. The anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan first earned a reputation as an authority on race in what decade?
5. At least what percentage of the African American members of constitutional conventions in the South in 1867 and 1868 became victims of Ku Klux Klan-inflicted violence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two events does Gate use in order to mark the beginning and climax of the Redemption era?
2. For what purpose does Gates draw a parallel between Reconstruction and a particular modern event?
3. What aspect of the New Negro movement did Gates initially find problematic?
4. What is the origin of the title Stony the Road?
5. What two events led to the shift in Agassiz's worldview?
6. Which amendments to the United States Constitution forever changed the status of African Americans?
7. What were the qualities associated with the Old Negro, according to Gates?
8. Discuss the cause of a particular disease Cartwright defined and his suggested treatment.
9. How did Louis Agassiz's views change over time and why is that change significant?
10. Which experiences of Abraham Lincoln's does Gates cite as causing his ideas about race to evolve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the themes of truth and deception depicted within Gates, Jr.’s book Stony the Road?
Essay Topic 2
Examine Gates, Jr.’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Gates, Jr. sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors for signs of prejudice and awareness of privilege?
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