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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consolation does DuBois imagine, for the likelihood that his son would have lived in a racist society, if he lived?
(a) The times might have changed by the time he matured.
(b) He might have borne it lighter than he himself had.
(c) He might have become the leader who would change things.
(d) He might always have returned to Africa.

2. How does DuBois characterize the Burkes’ home, when he returns to their area?
(a) Same as it was.
(b) Much improved.
(c) Shoddy and failing.
(d) Rough but prosperous.

3. What traits does DuBois say are associated with the plantation Negro?
(a) Sulky laziness.
(b) Shiftlessness.
(c) Scheming wiliness.
(d) Joyful abandon.

4. Who does DuBois say enjoyed the heyday when cotton production expanded in West Dougherty County?
(a) The Negroes.
(b) The slave traders.
(c) The nouveau riche.
(d) The Northern merchants.

5. What does DuBois say he shared with the townspeople where he was teaching?
(a) A friendly antagonism.
(b) A similar problem.
(c) A common consciousness.
(d) A deep hostility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the Black Belt in?

2. How does DuBois characterize the slave kindergarten that was raised in West Dougherty County?

3. What has the poet not kept, in the poem that starts Chapter 7?

4. How is Chapter 11, On the Passing of the Firstborn, different from the other chapters?

5. What does DuBois say his first feeling for his son was?

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