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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Alexander Crummell when DuBois met him?
(a) 22.
(b) 48.
(c) 80.
(d) 65.

2. In the present moment of DuBois’ writing, what is the state of the society that was built on cotton production in its heyday?
(a) Dilapidated.
(b) Prosperous.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Destroyed.

3. What has black religion contributed to, in DuBois' account?
(a) Poor white religion.
(b) American political life.
(c) American entertainment.
(d) American middle-class religion.

4. What does DuBois say should be the purpose of all striving in the twentieth century?
(a) That the good, beautiful and true triumph.
(b) That the fittest survive.
(c) That the meek inherit the earth.
(d) That justice reign on earth.

5. What position were blacks in, under the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Workers in the American business.
(b) Children of each state.
(c) Wards of the U.S. government.
(d) Students of democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois say the land of the Black Belt is full of?

2. What was the first change in the Africans’ lives, according to DuBois?

3. Who does DuBois say enjoyed the heyday when cotton production expanded in West Dougherty County?

4. What does DuBois say is the relationship between the black church and the world at large?

5. Where did DuBois says that he learned that he was black?

(see the answer key)

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