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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does DuBois characterize the arrival of freedom for blacks in America?
(a) A fearful dream.
(b) A terrible waking.
(c) An anti-climactic realization.
(d) A frightful vision.

3. Who was the founder of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Pierce.
(b) Eaton.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Cameron.

4. What has black religion contributed to, in DuBois' account?
(a) American middle-class religion.
(b) Poor white religion.
(c) American entertainment.
(d) American political life.

5. Which of these things did Booker T. Washington NOT ask American Negroes to give up?
(a) Representation in taxation.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Political power.
(d) Insistence on civil rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois say the land of the Black Belt is full of?

2. Where was Josie when DuBois returned to the town of his first teaching assignment?

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

4. What lightened DuBois’ teacher training?

5. What does DuBois say should be the purpose of all striving in the twentieth century?

(see the answer key)

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