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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the afterthought to this third thought, in DuBois' account?
(a) Doubt about blacks’ worth.
(b) Doubts about whites’ power.
(c) Dread of confrontation.
(d) Despair over human nature.

2. What was Frederick Douglas’ program for advancing the Negro?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Submission.
(c) Self-assertion.
(d) Accommodation.

3. How does DuBois characterize progress.
(a) Necessarily ugly.
(b) Potentially devastating.
(c) Surprisingly quiet.
(d) Often beautiful.

4. What does DuBois propose as the solution to race prejudice?
(a) Education.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Prosperity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which church refused to admit Alexander Crummell?

2. The Black Belt is described as the ______ of the Confederacy.

3. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?

4. How does DuBois characterize the Burkes’ home, when he returns to their area?

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

(see the answer key)

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