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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the present moment of DuBois’ writing, what is the state of the society that was built on cotton production in its heyday?
(a) Prosperous.
(b) Dilapidated.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Destroyed.

2. What does DuBois say you must pass through on the way to the Temple of Knowledge?
(a) The Valley of the Shadow of Death.
(b) The Door of Self-knowledge.
(c) The Sea of Doubt.
(d) The Gates of Toil.

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

4. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?
(a) 40 acres and a mule for each former slave.
(b) The franchise.
(c) Territory.
(d) Economic training.

5. What does DuBois say his first feeling for his son was?
(a) He was afraid for him.
(b) He was terrified by him.
(c) He did not love him.
(d) He loved him immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does DuBois say once embodied the ideals of American blacks?

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

3. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?

4. What kind of pall hangs over the land of West Dougherty County?

5. What is it that makes the shame in the poem that opens Chapter 6?

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