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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many blacks is W. E. B. DuBois accounting for in The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 10 million.
2. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?
(a) The price of cotton.
(b) The right of blacks to vote.
(c) The Negro Problem.
(d) America’s foreign policy.
3. What did the fifteenth amendment give blacks in America?
(a) Full representation.
(b) The vote.
(c) Personhood.
(d) Free education.
4. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Free but not educated.
(b) Not free.
(c) Educated but not well employed.
(d) Employed but not prospering.
5. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?
(a) The international stage.
(b) The kingdom of culture.
(c) The free market.
(d) The public sphere.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Halleck’s position on runaway slaves?
2. What was DuBois’ solution to feeling isolated by his race?
3. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?
4. What advice does DuBois say blacks have been getting from whites?
5. When were the slaves emancipated in the U.S.?
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