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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ben fight with Sam Carlon?
(a) Carlon had stolen from him.
(b) Carlon had tried to seduce his sister.
(c) Carlon had insulted him.
(d) Carlon had not paid him for his work.

2. What lightened DuBois’ teacher training?
(a) Religious services.
(b) Picnics.
(c) Concerts.
(d) Marriage.

3. How does DuBois characterize the slave kindergarten that was raised in West Dougherty County?
(a) The most intractable.
(b) The richest ever.
(c) The most fractious
(d) The most motivated.

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

5. What aspect of his son did DuBois consider an evil omen?
(a) Blue eyes.
(b) Six fingers.
(c) A cough.
(d) Gold-tinted hair.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What does DuBois say the land of the Black Belt is full of?

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

5. What kind of work is DuBois doing, by portraying the inhabitants of Dougherty County?

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