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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 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Locke move to London to become the personal physician of Lord Cooper?
(a) 1667.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1599.
(d) 1689.

2. In the Declaration of Causes issued by Florida's secessionists, they maintained that Blacks must be enslaved because everywhere "their natural tendency" was toward what (214)?
(a) "Thievery and abuse."
(b) "Idleness, vagrancy, and crime."
(c) "Rape and sexuality."
(d) "Rebellion and resistance."

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

4. With what slave did Thomas Jefferson have an affair?
(a) Mary Stephens.
(b) Sally Hemings.
(c) Anna Lace.
(d) Annie Ross.

5. When was the decision found in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
(a) August 17, 1757.
(b) April 17, 1859.
(c) March 6, 1857.
(d) July 4, 1826.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was John Brown's grandfather?

3. When did Thomas Jefferson's father die?

4. Who painted Portrait d'une negresse in 1800?

5. What publication did William Lloyd Garrison create and use to encourage "free Blacks to challenge 'every law which infringes on your rights'" (168)?

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