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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many organizations does DuBois say coordinated with the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) More than 50.
(b) More than 400.
(c) More than 500.
(d) More than 200.

2. What was given up in the Atlanta Compromise?
(a) Territory.
(b) Legal rights.
(c) Money.
(d) The vote.

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

4. What does the person who wants to be free have to do, according to the poem that opens chapter 3?
(a) Receive a blow.
(b) Stop the fight.
(c) Withdraw his fist.
(d) Strike a blow.

5. What position were blacks in, under the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Wards of the U.S. government.
(b) Students of democracy.
(c) Workers in the American business.
(d) Children of each state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period does DuBois’ history cover, in Chapter 2?

2. How many students did DuBois have in his first classroom?

3. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?

4. Who did DuBois enjoy staying with the best?

5. Booker T. Washington’s ascendancy is the most remarkable event in American race relations since when, according to DuBois?

(see the answer key)

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