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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say is the effect the Gospel of Pay has on the Gospel of Work?
(a) It distracts from it.
(b) It uplifts it.
(c) It befouls it.
(d) It ennobles it.

2. What does DuBois say he shared with the townspeople where he was teaching?
(a) A friendly antagonism.
(b) A similar problem.
(c) A common consciousness.
(d) A deep hostility.

3. How does DuBois characterize the war’s effect on Atlanta?
(a) A shedding and emergence.
(b) A rebirth.
(c) An iron baptism.
(d) A trial by fire.

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

5. What has the poet not kept, in the poem that starts Chapter 7?
(a) His own vineyard.
(b) His own honey.
(c) His family.
(d) His money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the final word on policy regarding escaped slaves arriving in Union Army lines?

2. What is the avenue for escape from the grind of debt, according to DuBois?

3. Where does the image of the Golden Fleece come from?

4. What lightened DuBois’ teacher training?

5. What does DuBois say people have valued too highly, in the most recent period of Reconstruction?

(see the answer key)

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