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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does DuBois say is the problem of the twentieth century?
(a) The development of markets.
(b) The relations of races.
(c) The dangers from Europe.
(d) The expansion of America.

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

4. How many blacks is W. E. B. DuBois accounting for in The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 100,000.

5. What was Ben Butler’s solution to the escaped slaves showing up in his camp?
(a) Put them to work.
(b) Imprison them.
(c) Educate them.
(d) Send them back to their plantations.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?

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

3. Who was the founder of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

4. Who made the final word on policy regarding escaped slaves arriving in Union Army lines?

5. What does DuBois say the Negro Problem is a test of?

(see the answer key)

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