View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does DuBois say once embodied the ideals of American blacks?
(a) Mother and child.
(b) Businessman and customer.
(c) Preacher and teacher.
(d) Soldier and senator.

2. To whom does the burden of the Negro Problem belong, in DuBois' account?
(a) The world.
(b) The nation.
(c) The slave owners.
(d) The South.

3. What does DuBois say is the world’s most piteous thing?
(a) A dead child.
(b) A childless mother.
(c) A childless father.
(d) An empty cradle.

4. What does the first stream of thought call for, which DuBois describes in Chapter 6?
(a) Power to rule over powerless.
(b) Cooperation between men globally.
(c) Hierarchical gradations of personhood.
(d) Wisdom to help the helpless.

5. How many Negro churches were there in the 1890 census?
(a) 2,400.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 8,500.
(d) 1,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fifteenth amendment give blacks in America?

2. How does DuBois characterize the arrival of freedom for blacks in America?

3. What problem does DuBois say hindered the Negro Colleges after the War?

4. What does DuBois say you must pass through on the way to the Temple of Knowledge?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 226 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample