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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does DuBois say politics depends on?
(a) Purification of the ballot.
(b) Education of the electorate.
(c) Safety of voters.
(d) Integration of communities.

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

4. What does DuBois say his wife had had to do, to produce their son?
(a) Sleep with death.
(b) Liberate herself.
(c) Be reborn.
(d) Allow herself to be enslaved.

5. How does DuBois characterize John Jones?
(a) Introverted.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Good-natured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consolation does DuBois imagine, for the likelihood that his son would have lived in a racist society, if he lived?

2. What is the goal of relief efforts for blacks, in DuBois' account?

3. How does DuBois characterize the process of land valuation in the Black Belt?

4. How many organizations does DuBois say coordinated with the Freedmen’s Bureau?

5. What does DuBois say should be the purpose of all striving in the twentieth century?

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