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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. In what way does DuBois say his son was fortunate?
2. What kind of explanation does DuBois endeavor to provide, of the color line in the South?
3. What is the outcome of John’s school in his hometown?
4. Which church refused to admit Alexander Crummell?
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 say Christianity appealed to the blacks in slavery?
3. What is the role of music in the coming of John?
4. How does John Jones change on account of his semester away from school?
5. How does DuBois characterize the Preacher in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
6. How are the physical dwellings of blacks and whites related, in DuBois' account?
7. How does this chapter differ from the previous chapters?
8. How has the price of cotton affected the Black Belt?
9. What took John so long to go home?
10. What vision does DuBois have, of a future for American blacks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of the Sorrow Songs in DuBois’ vision of how American culture could evolve over time? Using examples from the text, particularly from the last chapter, assess the importance of the sorrow song in either removing the Veil or making it bearable.
Essay Topic 2
Would you recommend The Souls of Black Folk? For what purposes would you recommend The Souls of Black Folk, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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