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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Fremont’s solution to the escaped slaves showing up in his camp?
(a) Send them home.
(b) Free them.
(c) Put them to work.
(d) Relocate them.

2. What did the fifteenth amendment give blacks in America?
(a) Full representation.
(b) Free education.
(c) Personhood.
(d) The vote.

3. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Security.
(d) Commerce.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does DuBois say blacks have been getting from whites?

2. Which was NOT one of the parties DuBois broke Southern society into, after the Civil War?

3. What was DuBois’ solution to feeling isolated by his race?

4. How does DuBois characterize the arrival of freedom for blacks in America?

5. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?

(see the answer key)

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