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WorksheetsThe Great Debaters
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
A system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops
Farming
Sharecropping
Debating
Teaching
Who wrote the poem, "I, too am America?"
Ms. Lunsford
Jim Crow
William Shakespeare
Langston Hughes
According to Dr. James Farmer Sr., what is "the only way out of ignorance; the way out of darkness - and into the glorious light?
A College Degree
A Middle School Education
Education
Prayer
In what year did the film take place?
1934
1935
1930
1937
What does it mean, "to argue the affirmative?"
to argue for something
to argue against something
to argue in a firm voice
to argue without logic
What does Dr. James Farmer Sr. run over and kill?
A small child
A small dog
A huge Pig (Hog)
A nail
Why does Hamilton Burgess quit the debate team?
He was scared to debate.
His dad was sick.
His dad was concerned about Mr. Tolson's beliefs.
His dad was a communist.
Who does Samantha Booke kiss on the river?
A frog
An alligator
Henry Lowe
James Farmer Jr.
What do the Wiley debaters witness on their drive to Howard University?
A Lynch Mob
A Pig
A drunk man
Ms. Lunsford
Who wins the debate between Wiley College and Harvard University?
Harvard
Howard
Wiley
Hogg
Where is Wiley College located?
Longview, Texas
Tyler, Texas
Marshall, Texas
Little Rock, Arkansas
