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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Josie when DuBois returned to the town of his first teaching assignment?
(a) She was living in town.
(b) She had died.
(c) She had moved to the city.
(d) She was still in the same house.

2. Why did Ben fight with Sam Carlon?
(a) Carlon had stolen from him.
(b) Carlon had not paid him for his work.
(c) Carlon had tried to seduce his sister.
(d) Carlon had insulted him.

3. What does DuBois say is the problem of the twentieth century?
(a) The dangers from Europe.
(b) The expansion of America.
(c) The development of markets.
(d) The relations of races.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the final word on policy regarding escaped slaves arriving in Union Army lines?

2. Which of these things did Booker T. Washington NOT ask American Negroes to give up?

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

4. What does DuBois say people were beginning to feel when Booker T. Washington began to lead?

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

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