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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 1858, Frederick Douglass gave a speech asserting that he hated which group almost as much as he hated slaveholders?

2. The Wilmington race riot of 1898 is thought to have resulted in the deaths of how many African Americans?

3. For how many years did the period of Reconstruction last?

4. How many years after the Plessy vs. Ferguson verdict did Charles W. Chesnutt publish his novel entitled The Marrow of Tradition?

5. How many pages did the pamphlet entitled "Miscegenation" contain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Gates's reason for citing and discussing W.E.B. Du Bois's few problematic views?

3. How does Barbara Johnson define a stereotype and why does Gates consider her definition useful?

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

5. What was the difference between the circulation of images depicting black people before, versus after, the Civil War?

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

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

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

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

10. Which gains in the area of racial equality made during Reconstruction had been lost by the arrival of the twentieth century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Gates, Jr. employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Stony the Road and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Gates, Jr. to prove particular points made within the text?

Essay Topic 3

How does Gates, Jr. use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

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