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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did DuBois enjoy staying with the best?
(a) The Dowell's.
(b) The Lawrences.
(c) The Eddingses.
(d) Josie’s.

3. What does DuBois propose to measure a bushel of wheat against, at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Black blood.
(b) Heartfuls of sorrow.
(c) Black women’s tears.
(d) Lynched black men.

4. What is the dominant crop in the land DuBois describes?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Vegetables.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the Black Belt in?

2. Why did Ben fight with Sam Carlon?

3. What problem are the black farmers up against, that was not a problem during slavery?

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

5. How does DuBois characterize progress.

(see the answer key)

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