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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did DuBois enjoy staying with the best?
(a) The Dowell's.
(b) The Eddingses.
(c) Josie’s.
(d) The Lawrences.

2. Why did Ben fight with Sam Carlon?
(a) Carlon had insulted him.
(b) Carlon had not paid him for his work.
(c) Carlon had stolen from him.
(d) Carlon had tried to seduce his sister.

3. Where is truth, in the poem that opens Chapter 2?
(a) On the scaffold.
(b) In the library.
(c) On the throne.
(d) In the sewer.

4. Who told DuBois of the school where he ended up teaching?
(a) Uncle Bird.
(b) Josie.
(c) Colonel Wheeler.
(d) Thenie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the afterthought to this second thought, in DuBois' account?

2. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?

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

4. Who does DuBois say does not wince when he sits with him?

5. How does the myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes conclude?

(see the answer key)

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