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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?
(a) He says that it is just beginning to emerge.
(b) He says that it is an African rhythm in American life.
(c) He says that it is more European than American.
(d) He says that it is the true American music.

2. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?
(a) America’s foreign policy.
(b) The Negro Problem.
(c) The price of cotton.
(d) The right of blacks to vote.

3. What was at the heart of Booker T. Washington’s program for blacks?
(a) Business training.
(b) Religious instruction.
(c) Classical education.
(d) Industrial education.

4. What ideal does DuBois say has vanished?
(a) The Southern gentleman.
(b) The noble servant.
(c) The gentleman farmer.
(d) The northern businessman.

5. What lightened DuBois’ teacher training?
(a) Religious services.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Concerts.
(d) Picnics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person who wants to be free have to do, according to the poem that opens chapter 3?

2. How does DuBois characterize the war’s effect on Atlanta?

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

4. What is the third stream of thought DuBois describes in Chapter 6?

5. Where does DuBois recall having taught, in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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