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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) Male voters.
(b) Black Americans.
(c) White Americans.
(d) Women.

2. Who wrote Essay on Universal History in 1756?
(a) Samuel Sewall.
(b) Voltaire.
(c) Morgan Godwyn.
(d) Aphra Behn.

3. Who gave the speech from which the author derived the title Stamped from the Beginning?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Darren Wilson.
(c) George Zimmerman.
(d) Dante Servin.

4. Who made his revelation in a 1680 pamphlet criticizing racist planters for making "those two words, Negro and Slave" synonymous (51)?
(a) John Mather.
(b) Paul Baynes.
(c) Morgan Godwyn.
(d) George Fox.

5. When did Thomas Jefferson's father die?
(a) April 17, 1790.
(b) August 17, 1757.
(c) December 24, 1860.
(d) April 11, 1803.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new era was emerging at the time that Thomas Jefferson was born?

2. What was Phillis Wheatley named for?

3. When was The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea written?

4. When did Jefferson Davis take the presidential oath of the new Confederate States of America?

5. The author indicates that at the time the book was written, Federal data shows that the median wealth of White households is how many more times the median wealth of Black households?

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