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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does DuBois characterize the revival preacher?
(a) A charlatan with great skills.
(b) The most unique figure in American culture.
(c) A healer who is also a politician.
(d) The center and life of a community.

2. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Free but not educated.
(b) Employed but not prospering.
(c) Not free.
(d) Educated but not well employed.

3. What claim does DuBois make for Negro music?
(a) He says that it is the seed of something unique, anticipating blues and jazz.
(b) He says that it is an eternal sound, older than anything in America.
(c) He says that he has never had a more profound experience than to hear it.
(d) He calls it the most original expression of human life to come from America.

4. What conclusion does DuBois come to, regarding color-prejudice?
(a) It is a relic of a previous time.
(b) It is a decision men make.
(c) It is the product of conditions.
(d) It is part of human nature.

5. What does DuBois say is the relationship between the black church and the world at large?
(a) the church is a refuge.
(b) The church is an alternative.
(c) The church is a model.
(d) The church is a microcosm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does DuBois characterize the slave kindergarten that was raised in West Dougherty County?

2. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?

3. What has black religion contributed to, in DuBois' account?

4. What ideal did Booker T. Washington believe in, that allowed him to lead?

5. Why does DuBois say tenant farmers do not improve their land?

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