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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does DuBois say enjoyed the heyday when cotton production expanded in West Dougherty County?
(a) The nouveau riche.
(b) The slave traders.
(c) The Negroes.
(d) The Northern merchants.

2. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?
(a) The international stage.
(b) The kingdom of culture.
(c) The public sphere.
(d) The free market.

3. What traits does DuBois say are associated with the plantation Negro?
(a) Sulky laziness.
(b) Shiftlessness.
(c) Scheming wiliness.
(d) Joyful abandon.

4. Where did industrial education fit, in the four stages of progress DuBois describes?
(a) Second, after university education.
(b) Last.
(c) First.
(d) Third, after normal schools but before universities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is DuBois originally from?

2. How does DuBois say the Africans placed slavery within their spiritual schema?

3. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?

4. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?

5. What does the first stream of thought call for, which DuBois describes in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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