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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose economic system resembles the economic system of the Black Belt?
(a) The North since the beginning of industrialism.
(b) France since the advent of unions.
(c) The South before railroads.
(d) Britain before the Labor Act.
2. Why does DuBois say blacks in the South abandoned politics?
(a) Without a fair judiciary, politics were senseless.
(b) The whites stole from them regardless of politics.
(c) There was too much violent opposition.
(d) There were so many scandals it became disreputable.
3. How does DuBois say the Africans placed slavery within their spiritual schema?
(a) As a triumph of evil forces.
(b) As the first necessary step in their ascent.
(c) As punishment for original sin.
(d) As retribution for ancient wrongs.
4. What kind of explanation does DuBois endeavor to provide, of the color line in the South?
(a) An account of the guilty parties.
(b) A theoretical model.
(c) A plain, unvarnished tale.
(d) A scientific account.
5. In what way does DuBois say his son was fortunate?
(a) He never learned language in order to curse being born.
(b) He never had to contend with a world that would see him as inferior.
(c) He was better loved than anyone else in DuBois’ family.
(d) He got to experience the sweetest part of life.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long did DuBois’ son live before dying?
2. Where does DuBois say leadership for blacks will have to come from?
3. When was Alexander Crummell born?
4. What does DuBois say we must do if we want to know about the color line?
5. What is the chief form of relations between blacks and whites in the South, according to DuBois?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does DuBois characterize the double system of justice in the South?
2. What was the Port Royal experiment?
3. What is DuBois’ final hope for his book?
4. How did Alexander Crummell overcome the temptation of Hate?
5. How does DuBois describe the one-room cabin most blacks live in, in Dougherty county?
6. How does DuBois characterize the Frenzy the Southern Negro revival meeting?
7. What factors does DuBois say have led to crime among blacks?
8. What is DuBois’ relation to death, in Chapter 11?
9. What does DuBois say is at the heart of the sorrow songs?
10. How does DuBois characterize the Music in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
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