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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does DuBois say does not wince when he sits with him?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) His student.
(c) His boss.
(d) His student's father.

2. Why does DuBois say blacks in the South abandoned politics?
(a) Without a fair judiciary, politics were senseless.
(b) The whites stole from them regardless of politics.
(c) There was too much violent opposition.
(d) There were so many scandals it became disreputable.

3. How does DuBois characterize the Freedmen’s Bureau’s role in assisting the blacks in the South?
(a) Powerless.
(b) Central.
(c) One of many.
(d) Inconsequential.

4. How many churches are there for every black family in America, according to DuBois?
(a) 1:60.
(b) 1:250.
(c) 1:125.
(d) 1:175.

5. What does DuBois say the land of the Black Belt is full of?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Untold story.
(c) Ancient blood.
(d) Unappeased spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first stream of thought call for, which DuBois describes in Chapter 6?

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

3. What does DuBois say is the problem of the twentieth century?

4. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?

5. What kind of explanation does DuBois endeavor to provide, of the color line in the South?

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