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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ideal does DuBois say has vanished?
(a) The northern businessman.
(b) The Southern gentleman.
(c) The gentleman farmer.
(d) The noble servant.

2. Why does DuBois say blacks in the South abandoned politics?
(a) The whites stole from them regardless of politics.
(b) Without a fair judiciary, politics were senseless.
(c) There were so many scandals it became disreputable.
(d) There was too much violent opposition.

3. Why did Ben fight with Sam Carlon?
(a) Carlon had stolen from him.
(b) Carlon had tried to seduce his sister.
(c) Carlon had not paid him for his work.
(d) Carlon had insulted him.

4. Why is John kicked out of school for a semester?
(a) For gambling.
(b) For corrupting his fellow students.
(c) For debt.
(d) For irregular work.

5. Who did DuBois enjoy staying with the best?
(a) The Dowell's.
(b) The Lawrences.
(c) Josie’s.
(d) The Eddingses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consolation does DuBois imagine, for the likelihood that his son would have lived in a racist society, if he lived?

2. Where is DuBois originally from?

3. When were the slaves emancipated in the U.S.?

4. What does DuBois say is the effect the Gospel of Pay has on the Gospel of Work?

5. What was at the heart of Booker T. Washington’s program for blacks?

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