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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did ‘the fire of African freedom’ cease to burn in American’ slaves’ veins, according to DuBois?
2. How does DuBois characterize the war’s effect on Atlanta?
3. What was gained in the Atlanta Compromise?
4. Who does DuBois say once embodied the ideals of American blacks?
5. What was given up in the Atlanta Compromise?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is double-consciousness?
2. Describe the labor problem facing freed blacks.
3. What gift does DuBois say the North made to the blacks in the South after the war?
4. What vision does DuBois have of his equality with artists and thinkers?
5. What was the effect of Field Order 15?
6. What is the story of Atalanta, and how does DuBois apply it to the blacks in America?
7. How does DuBois characterize Josie?
8. How do absentee landlords affect life in the Black Belt?
9. Sam Hose appears a number of times in The Souls of Black Folk. What was his story—what does his name represent?
10. What are the four periods of Southern education DuBois describes from the end of the War to the present?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
What is the argument DuBois has with Booker T. Washington’s program for Negroes in America? Using examples from the text, describe DuBois’ priorities, and how Booker T. Washington’s plan differs from his. Would DuBois’ plan be likely to be more successful, on the whole?
Essay Topic 3
DuBois uses the Veil in a number of ways, some of which are contradictory. How does the Veil work, in The Souls of Black Folk. How does the image of the Veil measure the status and progress of blacks in America, according to W. E. B. DuBois?
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