The Souls of Black Folk Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Souls of Black Folk Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does DuBois say blacks are torn?
(a) Between being loyal to Africa or loyal to America.
(b) Between being content with themselves, or outraged for their race.
(c) Between being loyal to the community or loyal to the nation.
(d) Between being black and being American.

2. What does DuBois say is the Negro’s status as of his writing?
(a) Educated but not well employed.
(b) Not free.
(c) Free but not educated.
(d) Employed but not prospering.

3. What is the water crying for, in the poem that opens Chapter 1?
(a) God.
(b) Justice.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Rest.

4. What is the goal of relief efforts for blacks, in DuBois' account?
(a) Individual self-realization.
(b) Legal system reforms.
(c) Repatriation to Africa.
(d) Economic independence.

5. How does DuBois characterize progress.
(a) Often beautiful.
(b) Surprisingly quiet.
(c) Necessarily ugly.
(d) Potentially devastating.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the burden of the Negro Problem belong, in DuBois' account?

2. What does DuBois say you must pass through on the way to the Temple of Knowledge?

3. How does DuBois characterize life as a black man in America?

4. When did ‘the fire of African freedom’ cease to burn in American’ slaves’ veins, according to DuBois?

5. How many organizations does DuBois say coordinated with the Freedmen’s Bureau?

(see the answer key)

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