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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does DuBois say does not wince when he sits with him?
(a) His student's father.
(b) His boss.
(c) His student.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. What state is the Black Belt in?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

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

4. In what way does DuBois say his son was fortunate?
(a) He got to experience the sweetest part of life.
(b) He never had to contend with a world that would see him as inferior.
(c) He never learned language in order to curse being born.
(d) He was better loved than anyone else in DuBois’ family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does DuBois say we cannot hope for, not for some generations?

2. When was Alexander Crummell born?

3. What did Alexander Crummell doubt when he was visited by the third temptation, of Doubt?

4. What claim does DuBois make for Negro music?

5. What has the poet not kept, in the poem that starts Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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