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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pall hangs over the land of West Dougherty County?
(a) Despair.
(b) Absentee landlords.
(c) Debt.
(d) Violence.

2. How has Texas affected farming in the Black Belt?
(a) It has raised the cost of cotton production.
(b) It has lowered the price of cotton.
(c) It has taken many of the farm hands.
(d) It has flooded the market with cheap labor.

3. What does DuBois say is the keynote of the Black Belt?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Training.
(c) Hope.
(d) Debt.

4. What time of his life did DuBois spend teaching in the South?
(a) The first ten years of his old age.
(b) The first ten years of his maturity.
(c) Ten years after youth.
(d) The end of his youth.

5. How many students did DuBois have in his first classroom?
(a) 12.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois want to teach a thinking man to do?

2. Who has come to embody the ideals of American blacks recently, according to DuBois?

3. What does Hippomenes do to win the race and marry Atalanta?

4. What problem are the black farmers up against, that was not a problem during slavery?

5. How does DuBois characterize the Burkes’ home, when he returns to their area?

(see the answer key)

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