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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the afterthought to this second thought, in DuBois' account?
(a) That blacks might become men.
(b) That blacks might abandon the country.
(c) That whites might become animals.
(d) That whites might destroy the blacks.

2. Where does the image of the Golden Fleece come from?
(a) American history.
(b) Greek myth.
(c) African myth.
(d) Roman myth.

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

4. What time of his life did DuBois spend teaching in the South?
(a) The end of his youth.
(b) Ten years after youth.
(c) The first ten years of his maturity.
(d) The first ten years of his old age.

5. Where does DuBois say leadership for blacks will have to come from?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Northerners.
(c) The blacks themselves.
(d) The old Southern aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Negro churches were there in the 1890 census?

2. What does DuBois say we cannot hope for, not for some generations?

3. What does DuBois say is the result of the geographical separation of races?

4. How many bales of cotton went to London from the Black Belt by 1860?

5. How does DuBois characterize the Burkes’ home, when he returns to their area?

(see the answer key)

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