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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does DuBois make for the laziness of the blacks he meets?
(a) Racial inferiority.
(b) Temperament.
(c) Social injustice.
(d) Social influence.

2. What does DuBois say is the world’s most piteous thing?
(a) A dead child.
(b) A childless mother.
(c) A childless father.
(d) An empty cradle.

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

4. What is the afterthought to this thought, in DuBois' account?
(a) Despair and powerlessness.
(b) Resistance and laziness.
(c) Force and dominion.
(d) Doubt about men’s worth.

5. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?
(a) Security.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Commerce.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?

3. How many blacks is W. E. B. DuBois accounting for in The Souls of Black Folk?

4. What does DuBois say people were beginning to feel when Booker T. Washington began to lead?

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

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