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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Weekly.

2. What Indian tribe’s land is Atlanta in?
(a) Cherokee
(b) Chicasaw.
(c) Creek.
(d) Cree.

3. What does DuBois say is the world’s most piteous thing?
(a) An empty cradle.
(b) A childless father.
(c) A dead child.
(d) A childless mother.

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

5. What problem are the black farmers up against, that was not a problem during slavery?
(a) Lack of police.
(b) Rising prices for cotton.
(c) Soil exhaustion.
(d) Lynching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois say he shared with the townspeople where he was teaching?

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

3. In the present moment of DuBois’ writing, what is the state of the society that was built on cotton production in its heyday?

4. The Black Belt is described as the ______ of the Confederacy.

5. What aspect of his son did DuBois consider an evil omen?

(see the answer key)

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