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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who told DuBois of the school where he ended up teaching?
(a) Uncle Bird.
(b) Thenie.
(c) Colonel Wheeler.
(d) Josie.

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

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

5. What was Frederick Douglas’ program for advancing the Negro?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Submission.
(c) Self-assertion.
(d) Accommodation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Booker T. Washington been most criticized, in DuBois' account?

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

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

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

5. How does DuBois characterize progress.

(see the answer key)

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