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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Employed but not prospering.
(b) Free but not educated.
(c) Educated but not well employed.
(d) Not free.

2. What does DuBois want to teach a thinking man to do?
(a) Think.
(b) Prosper.
(c) Work.
(d) Practice an art.

3. What position were blacks in, under the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Wards of the U.S. government.
(b) Students of democracy.
(c) Workers in the American business.
(d) Children of each state.

4. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?
(a) The kingdom of culture.
(b) The public sphere.
(c) The free market.
(d) The international stage.

5. What does DuBois say is the end that meat nourishes?
(a) Self-realization.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Political power.
(d) Religious feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the water crying for, in the poem that opens Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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