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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of work is DuBois doing, by portraying the inhabitants of Dougherty County?
(a) Portraiture
(b) Zoology.
(c) History.
(d) Anthropology.

2. What kind of pall hangs over the land of West Dougherty County?
(a) Despair.
(b) Violence.
(c) Debt.
(d) Absentee landlords.

3. What does the person who wants to be free have to do, according to the poem that opens chapter 3?
(a) Receive a blow.
(b) Stop the fight.
(c) Withdraw his fist.
(d) Strike a blow.

4. How does DuBois say the Africans placed slavery within their spiritual schema?
(a) As punishment for original sin.
(b) As a triumph of evil forces.
(c) As the first necessary step in their ascent.
(d) As retribution for ancient wrongs.

5. What claim does DuBois make for Negro music?
(a) He calls it the most original expression of human life to come from America.
(b) He says that it is an eternal sound, older than anything in America.
(c) He says that it is the seed of something unique, anticipating blues and jazz.
(d) He says that he has never had a more profound experience than to hear it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem are the black farmers up against, that was not a problem during slavery?

2. Which is NOT one of the components of the Southern Negro Revival?

3. What role does DuBois say black music plays in American culture?

4. What Indian tribe’s land is Atlanta in?

5. Where has Booker T. Washington been most criticized, in DuBois' account?

(see the answer key)

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