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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?
(a) The kingdom of culture.
(b) The international stage.
(c) The free market.
(d) The public sphere.

2. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Daily.

3. What does DuBois say the Negro Problem is a test of?
(a) American ideals.
(b) American churches.
(c) American cities.
(d) American bureaucracy.

4. What time of his life did DuBois spend teaching in the South?
(a) The first ten years of his maturity.
(b) The first ten years of his old age.
(c) The end of his youth.
(d) Ten years after youth.

5. When were the slaves emancipated in the U.S.?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ben Butler’s solution to the escaped slaves showing up in his camp?

2. What was the result of the Revolution of 1876?

3. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?

4. What is the goal of relief efforts for blacks, in DuBois' account?

5. When did ‘the fire of African freedom’ cease to burn in American’ slaves’ veins, according to DuBois?

(see the answer key)

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