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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the image of the Golden Fleece come from?
(a) African myth.
(b) Greek myth.
(c) Roman myth.
(d) American history.

3. Where is DuBois originally from?
(a) The Berkshires.
(b) The Appalachians.
(c) The White Mountains.
(d) The Alleghenies.

4. What was the Port Royal experiment?
(a) Blacks were given abandoned plantations to run.
(b) Northerners adopted slaves to get them out of the South.
(c) Blacks were given arms to fight against the South.
(d) Northerners came to teach blacks during the war.

5. What advantage do the farmers to rent for fixed money enjoy, according to DuBois?
(a) They benefit from their improvements
(b) They get better prices for their crops.
(c) They get lower prices on supplies.
(d) They can select their crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the components of the Southern Negro Revival?

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

3. How does DuBois characterize John Jones?

4. What has black religion contributed to, in DuBois' account?

5. What does DuBois say we must do if we want to know about the color line?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alexander Crummell overcome the temptation of Hate?

2. How does DuBois describe the one-room cabin most blacks live in, in Dougherty county?

3. How does John Jones change on account of his semester away from school?

4. What took John so long to go home?

5. How does this chapter differ from the previous chapters?

6. What does DuBois say is the tragedy of people like Alexander Crummell?

7. How has the price of cotton affected the Black Belt?

8. How does DuBois say Christianity appealed to the blacks in slavery?

9. What is DuBois’ relation to death, in Chapter 11?

10. What is the reason for this tragic anecdote, as the penultimate chapter, coming on the heels of the previous, more triumphant chapter, as it does?

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