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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pall hangs over the land of West Dougherty County?
(a) Despair.
(b) Violence.
(c) Debt.
(d) Absentee landlords.

2. What does DuBois say is the result of the geographical separation of races?
(a) The races are preserved from each other’s flaws.
(b) No one can see the whole picture.
(c) Typically the best of each race comes in contact with the other.
(d) The races mingle more socially.

3. What lightened DuBois’ teacher training?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Concerts.
(c) Religious services.
(d) Picnics.

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

5. How does DuBois characterize the Freedmen’s Bureau’s role in assisting the blacks in the South?
(a) Inconsequential.
(b) Central.
(c) Powerless.
(d) One of many.

Short Answer Questions

1. What claim does DuBois make for Negro music?

2. How does DuBois compare the plantation houses in Dougherty County with plantation houses in Virginia, in the time of slavery?

3. Who made the final word on policy regarding escaped slaves arriving in Union Army lines?

4. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?

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

(see the answer key)

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