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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "W. E. B. Du Bois," Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the concept of uplift suasion, the responsibility for race relations is placed upon whom, according to the author?
(a) Black Americans.
(b) White Americans.
(c) Women.
(d) Male voters.

2. Who was the naturalist that adopted the name Buffon?
(a) Georges Louis Leclerc.
(b) Aphra Behn.
(c) Thomas Bray.
(d) Samuel Sewall.

3. What was Phillis Wheatley named for?
(a) A river.
(b) A painting.
(c) A slave ship.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. What German author wrote History of the Art of Antiquity in 1764?
(a) Thomas Bray.
(b) Johann Joachim Winkelmann.
(c) Samuel Sewall.
(d) Aphra Behn.

5. When did W. E. B. Du Bois graduate from Harvard?
(a) January 7, 1890.
(b) June 25, 1890.
(c) April 15, 1861.
(d) February 23, 1868.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposed the redistribution of 400 million acres owned by the wealthiest 10 percent of southerners be redistributed in September of 1865?

2. Where did Nat Turner's slave rebellion take place?

3. Where was John Woolman from?

4. When did Abraham Lincoln raise the Union Army to put down the "insurrection" during the secession (215)?

5. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?

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