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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Employed but not prospering.
(b) Free but not educated.
(c) Educated but not well employed.
(d) Not free.

2. What does Hippomenes do to win the race and marry Atalanta?
(a) Set a trap and capture her.
(b) Divert the racecourse.
(c) Distract her with golden apples.
(d) Tie her down with golden thread.

3. What does DuBois say is the keynote of the Black Belt?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Training.
(c) Debt.
(d) Hope.

4. Who made the final word on policy regarding escaped slaves arriving in Union Army lines?
(a) Halleck.
(b) Cameron.
(c) Butler.
(d) Fremont.

5. How does DuBois characterize the Freedmen’s Bureau’s role in assisting the blacks in the South?
(a) Inconsequential.
(b) Central.
(c) One of many.
(d) Powerless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What most of the hundred hills of Atlanta crowned with, according to DuBois?

2. What does DuBois say is the end that meat nourishes?

3. How has the price of cotton affected the Black Belt?

4. How does the myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes conclude?

5. What problem are the black farmers up against, that was not a problem during slavery?

(see the answer key)

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