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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. What does DuBois say the land of the Black Belt is full of?
2. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
3. What does DuBois propose to measure a bushel of wheat against, at the end of Chapter 4?
4. What does DuBois say is the end that meat nourishes?
5. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does DuBois say is the problem surrounding Negro suffrage?
2. What flaws does DuBois see in Booker T. Washington’s program?
3. What had happened to Josie in the years between DuBois’ teaching in her community and then his return?
4. How does DuBois describe his schoolhouse?
5. What gift does DuBois say the North made to the blacks in the South after the war?
6. Sam Hose appears a number of times in The Souls of Black Folk. What was his story—what does his name represent?
7. How does DuBois describe the atmosphere at Fisk University?
8. What are the three thoughts DuBois describes at the beginning of Chapter 6—and the three afterthoughts that follow them?
9. What is double-consciousness?
10. What does DuBois say is the result of the Freedmen’s Bureau’s work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How have conditions for blacks changed in America since DuBois wrote The Souls of Black Folk? If you were DuBois, and you were focusing on the same themes DuBois focused on with The Souls of Black Folk, what would you report today?
Essay Topic 2
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 3
What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Souls of Black Folk. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Souls of Black Folk.
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