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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 controversial editorial published by the Daily Record claimed that which element of the human condition is "color-blind" (143)?
2. What emotion did works of Sambo art seek to inspire in their audiences?
3. Alex Manly was the publisher and editor of the black newspaper the Daily Record, which operated in what state?
4. Gates asserts that the two-pronged attack strategies used by whites during Redemption were of what type?
5. Who led a revolt among the slaves in Charleson, South Carolina in 1822?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the intended goal of the group who launched the New Negro movement?
2. 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?
3. 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)?
4. How many people are estimated to have been part of the Talented Tenth in 1920?
5. What percentage of the African American community was still enslaved in 1860?
6. What percentage of African Americans lived in the South by 1900?
7. How does Barbara Johnson define a stereotype and why does Gates consider her definition useful?
8. Explain the concept of xenophobic masking.
9. For what reason does Gates refer to Homi K. Bhabha's discussion of stereotypes?
10. For what reasons does Gates consider a particular Mississippi Supreme Court Justice's words about African Americans in 1898 so significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Gates, Jr. send to the audience about the themes of individualism and collectivism?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for Stony the Road.
Essay Topic 3
Read a lengthy interview with Gates, Jr.. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Gates, Jr.’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of Stony the Road.
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