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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. In what year was "Negro History Week" inaugurated by Carter G. Woodson?

2. Multicolor advertisements became cheaper to produce after the Civil War due to which development?

3. Gates describes Booker T. Washington's speech entitled "Atlanta Compromise" (192) by using which adjective?

4. What was the surname of the woman who founded the National League of Colored Women?

5. Booker T. Washington believed that what type of work was most suited to the majority of African Americans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reasons does Gates consider a particular Mississippi Supreme Court Justice's words about African Americans in 1898 so significant?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. For what purpose does Gates present the experience of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie within Part Three: Framing Blackness?

9. Explain the concept of xenophobic masking.

10. In what way does Gates acknowledge the problematic nature of some aspects of the New Negro movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ultimate message is Gates, Jr. sending about the mythical qualities of the United States?

Essay Topic 2

Examine how Gates, Jr. goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within Stony the Road. How does Gates, Jr. accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for Stony the Road.

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