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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The New Negro, Pages 185-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was the Separate Car Act passed by the Louisiana legislature?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1870.

3. In what year did the Harlem Renaissance begin?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1911.

4. What type of art was featured in the World's Fair exhibit depicting African Americans?
(a) Painting.
(b) Photography.
(c) Etching.
(d) Sculpture.

5. How long was the period of Reconstruction in the United States?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 21 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did W.E.B. Du Bois secure a temporary appointment while writing The Philadelphia Negro?

2. The Lost Cause myth developed by Edward A. Pollard was fundamentally based on what, according to Gates?

3. Besides including a photograph of lynched men, what other element does the postcard entitled "The Dogwood Tree" (136) include?

4. Many eugenicists took the hereditary theories of which scientist and then applied them to humans?

5. What is another name for the Harlem Renaissance, according to Gates and other scholars?

(see the answer key)

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