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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Rarely.

2. How does DuBois characterize the Freedmen’s Bureau’s role in assisting the blacks in the South?
(a) Central.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Inconsequential.
(d) One of many.

3. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?
(a) America’s foreign policy.
(b) The Negro Problem.
(c) The price of cotton.
(d) The right of blacks to vote.

4. What does DuBois say the Negro Problem is a test of?
(a) American cities.
(b) American ideals.
(c) American churches.
(d) American bureaucracy.

5. How many organizations does DuBois say coordinated with the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) More than 50.
(b) More than 200.
(c) More than 500.
(d) More than 400.

Short Answer Questions

1. Booker T. Washington’s ascendancy is the most remarkable event in American race relations since when, according to DuBois?

2. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?

3. What was DuBois’ solution to feeling isolated by his race?

4. What advice does DuBois say blacks have been getting from whites?

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

(see the answer key)

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