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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What period does DuBois’ history cover, in Chapter 2?
(a) 1808 to 1860.
(b) 1860 to 1890.
(c) 1861 to 1872.
(d) 1890 to the present.

2. Where did DuBois says that he learned that he was black?
(a) In the crib.
(b) In the womb.
(c) In school.
(d) In his house.

3. 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.

4. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?
(a) 40 acres and a mule for each former slave.
(b) The franchise.
(c) Territory.
(d) Economic training.

5. Who told DuBois of the school where he ended up teaching?
(a) Josie.
(b) Uncle Bird.
(c) Thenie.
(d) Colonel Wheeler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ben fight with Sam Carlon?

2. What does the person who wants to be free have to do, according to the poem that opens chapter 3?

3. Where is truth, in the poem that opens Chapter 2?

4. What position were blacks in, under the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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

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