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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are black and white doing together in the poem that opens Chapter 5?
(a) Working.
(b) Rising.
(c) Sinking.
(d) Fighting.

2. What does DuBois say is the problem of the twentieth century?
(a) The relations of races.
(b) The dangers from Europe.
(c) The development of markets.
(d) The expansion of America.

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

4. When were the slaves emancipated in the U.S.?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1865.

5. What was Fremont’s solution to the escaped slaves showing up in his camp?
(a) Relocate them.
(b) Free them.
(c) Send them home.
(d) Put them to work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the dominant crop in the land DuBois describes?

3. How has the price of cotton affected the Black Belt?

4. Where was Josie when DuBois returned to the town of his first teaching assignment?

5. What does Hippomenes do to win the race and marry Atalanta?

(see the answer key)

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