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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Employed but not prospering.
(b) Free but not educated.
(c) Educated but not well employed.
(d) Not free.

2. What most of the hundred hills of Atlanta crowned with, according to DuBois?
(a) Factories.
(b) Schools.
(c) Mansions.
(d) Parks.

3. How has the price of cotton affected the Black Belt?
(a) It has been unstable, making farmers conservative.
(b) It has stabilized, allowing farmers to invest.
(c) It is increased, bringing prosperity.
(d) It has plunged, impoverishing cotton Farmers.

4. What is it that makes the shame in the poem that opens Chapter 6?
(a) The body restraining the soul.
(b) The mind living in imagination.
(c) The heart bursting from vexation.
(d) Death cutting life short.

5. What is the chief form of relations between blacks and whites in the South, according to DuBois?
(a) Physical proximity.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economics.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Negro churches were there in the 1890 census?

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

3. How long did DuBois’ son live before dying?

4. What does DuBois invoke when eh calls Atlanta the new Lachesis?

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

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