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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 is the world’s most piteous thing?
2. How does DuBois say the Africans placed slavery within their spiritual schema?
3. What art form comes most directly from the Sorrow Song?
4. Why does DuBois say blacks in the South abandoned politics?
5. Where did Alexander Crummell finally practice as a minister?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does DuBois characterize the Music in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
2. What is DuBois’ final hope for his book?
3. How does this chapter differ from the previous chapters?
4. How does DuBois say Christianity appealed to the blacks in slavery?
5. Why does DuBois think that his son might have been fortunate to die young?
6. What was the Port Royal experiment?
7. How does DuBois characterize the Frenzy the Southern Negro revival meeting?
8. 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?
9. How does DuBois characterize the Preacher in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
10. How did Alexander Crummell overcome the temptation of Doubt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How would you rewrite The Souls of Black Folk, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.
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