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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did ‘the fire of African freedom’ cease to burn in American’ slaves’ veins, according to DuBois?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1860.

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

3. How does DuBois characterize life as a black man in America?
(a) He says that he lives within the Veil.
(b) He says that he is superfluous.
(c) He says that life does not know him.
(d) He says that he is invisible.

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

5. What does the person who wants to be free have to do, according to the poem that opens chapter 3?
(a) Stop the fight.
(b) Withdraw his fist.
(c) Receive a blow.
(d) Strike a blow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes conclude?

3. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?

4. What was given up in the Atlanta Compromise?

5. How does DuBois characterize Hippomenes?

(see the answer key)

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