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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ideal did Booker T. Washington believe in, that allowed him to lead?
(a) Religious transcendence.
(b) Intellectual equality.
(c) Material prosperity.
(d) Political representation.

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

3. What does DuBois say people were beginning to feel when Booker T. Washington began to lead?
(a) Safe.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Proud.
(d) Elation.

4. What period does DuBois’ history cover, in Chapter 2?
(a) 1890 to the present.
(b) 1861 to 1872.
(c) 1860 to 1890.
(d) 1808 to 1860.

5. Who was the founder of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Cameron.
(b) Eaton.
(c) Pierce.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Halleck’s position on runaway slaves?

3. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?

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

5. To whom does the burden of the Negro Problem belong, in DuBois' account?

(see the answer key)

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