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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 24 - Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1970.

2. Which university were the four Black freshman from who started the original lunch-counter sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960?
(a) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
(b) North Carolina A and T.
(c) Bowling Green University.
(d) University of Alabama.

3. Where was W.E.B. Du Bois raised?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. Which of the following books did Thomas Jefferson write?
(a) Independence Days.
(b) The Real History of Paul Revere's Ride.
(c) Notes on the State of Virginia.
(d) Handbook for Future Revolutionaries.

5. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe Du Bois?
(a) As a segregationist.
(b) As a hyper-intellectual golden child.
(c) As a student of history.
(d) As a product of the Tuskegee Institute.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the world's first racist's book received by the public?

2. What did a New York Times editorial say about Malcolm X. in the wake of his death?

3. When did Thomas Jefferson die?

4. When was the Voting Rights Act passed?

5. What was Abraham Lincoln's most famous moniker?

(see the answer key)

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