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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. Gates urges the reader to think about the concept of the New Negro as a "metaphorical form of" (186) what?
2. W.E.B. Du Bois expressed in 1960 that he and his colleagues at Harvard in the 1920s had viewed themselves as "combatants" (199) in a war of what kind?
3. Besides including a photograph of lynched men, what other element does the postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" (136) include?
4. The postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" depicted how many dead men killed in a lynching?
5. In what year was the essay entitled "The Conservation of Races" published?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the significance of Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech.
2. How many people are estimated to have been part of the Talented Tenth in 1920?
3. What was the difference between the circulation of images depicting black people before, versus after, the Civil War?
4. Name at least five qualities of an ideal member of the New Negro movement, according to the perspective of its members?
5. Explain the concept of the Talented Tenth advocated by W.E.B. Du Bois.
6. What was the sole reason for whites' wide distribution of racist images of African Americans in the late-nineteenth century?
7. How does Barbara Johnson define a stereotype and why does Gates consider her definition useful?
8. What element caused the New Negro movement to emerge?
9. Which gains in the area of racial equality made during Reconstruction had been lost by the arrival of the twentieth century?
10. What is Gates's reason for citing and discussing W.E.B. Du Bois's few problematic views?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in Stony the Road? Examine Gates, Jr.'s treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.
Essay Topic 2
In what way does Gates, Jr. utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Stony the Road and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 3
What is the ultimate purpose behind Gates, Jr.’s inclusion of visual images within Stony the Road?
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