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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker T. Washington’s ascendancy is the most remarkable event in American race relations since when, according to DuBois?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1876.

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

3. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?
(a) Security.
(b) Education.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Religion.

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

5. Who was the founder of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Cameron.
(b) Eaton.
(c) Pierce.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Frederick Douglas’ program for advancing the Negro?

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

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

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

5. How many students did DuBois have in his first classroom?

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