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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advice does DuBois say blacks have been getting from whites?
(a) Pay us for freeing you.
(b) Accept your submission.
(c) Wait seven generations for full equality.
(d) Rise to your potential.

3. How does DuBois characterize the arrival of freedom for blacks in America?
(a) A frightful vision.
(b) A terrible waking.
(c) An anti-climactic realization.
(d) A fearful dream.

4. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?
(a) He says that it is more European than American.
(b) He says that it is the true American music.
(c) He says that it is an African rhythm in American life.
(d) He says that it is just beginning to emerge.

5. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?
(a) 40 acres and a mule for each former slave.
(b) Economic training.
(c) The franchise.
(d) Territory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was given up in the Atlanta Compromise?

3. What does the person who wants to be free have to do, according to the poem that opens chapter 3?

4. Who did DuBois enjoy staying with the best?

5. How does DuBois characterize life as a black man in America?

(see the answer key)

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