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The Great Debaters

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What College did the stars of the movie attend?

a)

Riley

b)

Wiley

c)

Harvard

d)

Howard

2.

How many students were on the original debate team? Write the number.

(a)  

3.

What term did they use in the movie to refer to white people?

a)

White

b)

Vanilla

c)

Anglo Saxon

d)

Native Americans

4.

How long did the debate team go undefeated?

(a)  

5.

How old was James Farmer jr.?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

6.

What was the name of the first White school they debated?

a)

Harvard University

b)

Oklahoma City University

c)

University of Oklahoma

d)

Iowa University

7.

Who was the first African American to receive a doctorate degree from Harvard?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Gandhi

c)

W.E.B. Dubois

d)

Frederick Douglas

8.

Who was the other Harvard graduate cited in their arguments?

a)

Gandhi

b)

Barrack Obama

c)

Goldie Hawn

d)

Henry David Thoreau

9.

Who became a famous poet?

a)

Samantha Booke

b)

Henry Lowe

c)

Mr. Tolson

d)

James Farmer, Jr.

10.

Who became a minister?

(a)  

11.

What two notable things did Samantha Booke do?

a)

She became a lawyer and a teacher

b)

She became a teacher and a poet

c)

She became a lawyer and a freedom rider

d)

She became a teacher and a college president

12.

What was the name of the group Mr. Tolson was working with in secret?

a)

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union

b)

Farmers Association

c)

Sharecroppers group

d)

Men who gather

13.

Who is your opponent?

a)

God

b)

Mr. Tolson

c)

Harvard

d)

He doesn't exist

14.

Who is the judge?

a)

God

b)

Mr. Tolson

c)

Dr. Farmer

d)

Your opponent