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

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

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

4. What is the water crying for, in the poem that opens Chapter 1?
(a) Justice.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Rest.
(d) God.

5. What was Halleck’s position on runaway slaves?
(a) Send them north.
(b) Educate them.
(c) Send them home.
(d) Give them work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position were blacks in, under the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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

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

4. Where is truth, in the poem that opens Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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