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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. How old was Alexander Crummell when DuBois met him?
2. What consolation does DuBois imagine, for the likelihood that his son would have lived in a racist society, if he lived?
3. What has black religion contributed to, in DuBois' account?
4. What does DuBois say we must do if we want to know about the color line?
5. How did being kicked out of school change John?
Short Essay Questions
1. What factors does DuBois say have led to crime among blacks?
2. What did the Fisk Jubilee Singers accomplish?
3. What is the role of music in the coming of John?
4. How has the price of cotton affected the Black Belt?
5. What took John so long to go home?
6. How did Alexander Crummell overcome the temptation of Despair?
7. What is DuBois’ relation to death, in Chapter 11?
8. How does DuBois characterize the Preacher in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
9. What is DuBois’ final hope for his book?
10. How does DuBois characterize the Music in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What kind of book is The Souls of Black Folk. Is it a history, a collection of essays, a meditation, a prophesy, is it travel writing? Where is it consistent, and where is it inconsistent? Using examples from the text, describe the genre of The Souls of Black Folk.
Essay Topic 2
When is The Souls of Black Folk most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate your own reading of The Souls of Black Folk—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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