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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what realm does DuBois want to work alongside whites?
(a) The international stage.
(b) The kingdom of culture.
(c) The public sphere.
(d) The free market.
2. How does DuBois characterize the slave kindergarten that was raised in West Dougherty County?
(a) The most fractious
(b) The most intractable.
(c) The richest ever.
(d) The most motivated.
3. Who does DuBois say once embodied the ideals of American blacks?
(a) Preacher and teacher.
(b) Soldier and senator.
(c) Businessman and customer.
(d) Mother and child.
4. In what way does DuBois say blacks are torn?
(a) Between being loyal to the community or loyal to the nation.
(b) Between being black and being American.
(c) Between being loyal to Africa or loyal to America.
(d) Between being content with themselves, or outraged for their race.
5. What does DuBois say you must pass through on the way to the Temple of Knowledge?
(a) The Valley of the Shadow of Death.
(b) The Gates of Toil.
(c) The Sea of Doubt.
(d) The Door of Self-knowledge.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Chapter 11, On the Passing of the Firstborn, different from the other chapters?
2. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?
3. How does DuBois characterize the music blacks make at a revival?
4. What has the poet not kept, in the poem that starts Chapter 7?
5. What does DuBois say was the Negro’s first religion?
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