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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say the Negro Problem is a test of?
(a) American churches.
(b) American cities.
(c) American bureaucracy.
(d) American ideals.

2. Who told DuBois of the school where he ended up teaching?
(a) Uncle Bird.
(b) Thenie.
(c) Colonel Wheeler.
(d) Josie.

3. How many blacks is W. E. B. DuBois accounting for in The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 100,000.

4. Where do warriors spring from, in the myth of the Golden Fleece?
(a) Mutilated body parts.
(b) Amputated fingers.
(c) Warriors’ weapons.
(d) Dragon’s teeth.

5. What is the water crying for, in the poem that opens Chapter 1?
(a) Rest.
(b) God.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?

2. How does DuBois characterize the war’s effect on Atlanta?

3. How does DuBois characterize Hippomenes?

4. Who did DuBois enjoy staying with the best?

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

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