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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does DuBois characterize life as a black man in America?
(a) He says that he lives within the Veil.
(b) He says that life does not know him.
(c) He says that he is superfluous.
(d) He says that he is invisible.

2. How long ago did this teaching take place, from the moment of DuBois’ writing?
(a) Four years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Seventeen years.

3. What is the goal of relief efforts for blacks, in DuBois' account?
(a) Economic independence.
(b) Repatriation to Africa.
(c) Legal system reforms.
(d) Individual self-realization.

4. Where has Booker T. Washington been most criticized, in DuBois' account?
(a) From northerners.
(b) From blacks.
(c) From abroad.
(d) From southerners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fifteenth amendment give blacks in America?

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

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

4. In what way does DuBois say blacks are torn?

5. How does DuBois characterize the Freedmen’s Bureau’s role in assisting the blacks in the South?

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