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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say was the Negro’s first religion?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Nature worship.
(d) Paganism.

2. What is the afterthought to this third thought, in DuBois' account?
(a) Dread of confrontation.
(b) Despair over human nature.
(c) Doubts about whites’ power.
(d) Doubt about blacks’ worth.

3. How does DuBois characterize Hippomenes?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Wily.
(c) Brazen.
(d) Timid.

4. What is the second thought DuBois describes in Chapter 6?
(a) That patience will be rewarded.
(b) That whites are usurpers.
(c) That race is a harmless construct.
(d) That Negroes are not human.

5. What does DuBois say people were beginning to feel when Booker T. Washington began to lead?
(a) Proud.
(b) Safe.
(c) Elation.
(d) Doubt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many students did DuBois have in his first classroom?

3. What time of his life did DuBois spend teaching in the South?

4. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?

5. How does DuBois characterize life as a black man in America?

(see the answer key)

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