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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion does DuBois come to, regarding color-prejudice?
(a) It is the product of conditions.
(b) It is a relic of a previous time.
(c) It is part of human nature.
(d) It is a decision men make.

2. What does DuBois say blacks typically see in the area of law and justice?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Profitability.

3. How does DuBois characterize the revival preacher?
(a) A healer who is also a politician.
(b) The center and life of a community.
(c) A charlatan with great skills.
(d) The most unique figure in American culture.

4. What does DuBois propose to measure a bushel of wheat against, at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Black blood.
(b) Lynched black men.
(c) Black women’s tears.
(d) Heartfuls of sorrow.

5. What question does DuBois say people do not talk about?
(a) The Negro Problem.
(b) America’s foreign policy.
(c) The price of cotton.
(d) The right of blacks to vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois say people have valued too highly, in the most recent period of Reconstruction?

2. Where does DuBois say leadership for blacks will have to come from?

3. What did the whites in John’s hometown say about him going to school?

4. How did being kicked out of school change John?

5. Why did John kill the white John, son of the Judge?

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