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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does DuBois compare the plantation houses in Dougherty County with plantation houses in Virginia, in the time of slavery?
(a) More practical.
(b) Less imposing.
(c) More elaborate.
(d) More aristocratic.

2. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Educated but not well employed.
(b) Free but not educated.
(c) Not free.
(d) Employed but not prospering.

3. What advantage do the farmers to rent for fixed money enjoy, according to DuBois?
(a) They get lower prices on supplies.
(b) They benefit from their improvements
(c) They get better prices for their crops.
(d) They can select their crops.

4. What period does DuBois’ history cover, in Chapter 2?
(a) 1860 to 1890.
(b) 1808 to 1860.
(c) 1861 to 1872.
(d) 1890 to the present.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was NOT one of the parties DuBois broke Southern society into, after the Civil War?

2. What time of his life did DuBois spend teaching in the South?

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. What traits does DuBois say are associated with the plantation Negro?

5. What is the ratio of blacks to whites in the Black Belt?

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