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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does DuBois say once embodied the ideals of American blacks?
(a) Soldier and senator.
(b) Preacher and teacher.
(c) Businessman and customer.
(d) Mother and child.

3. Who made the final word on policy regarding escaped slaves arriving in Union Army lines?
(a) Butler.
(b) Halleck.
(c) Cameron.
(d) Fremont.

4. What ideal does DuBois say has vanished?
(a) The Southern gentleman.
(b) The noble servant.
(c) The northern businessman.
(d) The gentleman farmer.

5. How many blacks is W. E. B. DuBois accounting for in The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the burden of the Negro Problem belong, in DuBois' account?

2. What conclusion does DuBois come to, regarding color-prejudice?

3. What lightened DuBois’ teacher training?

4. What was Fremont’s solution to the escaped slaves showing up in his camp?

5. What does DuBois say people have valued too highly, in the most recent period of Reconstruction?

(see the answer key)

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