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What honor did Washington describe as perhaps the greatest surprise of his life?
A
Receiving an honorary Master of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1896, becoming the first person of his race to receive an honorary degree from a New England university
B
Being invited to the White House for dinner
C
Being elected to the U.S. Senate
D
Winning a Nobel Prize
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