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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 was the Port Royal experiment?
2. What kind of people does DuBois say the sorrow songs come from?
3. What does DuBois say the sorrow songs are silent about?
4. What is the dominant crop in the land DuBois describes?
5. What has black religion contributed to, in DuBois' account?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does DuBois characterize the Preacher in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
2. How does this chapter differ from the previous chapters?
3. Why does DuBois think that his son might have been fortunate to die young?
4. 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?
5. What factors does DuBois say have led to crime among blacks?
6. How does DuBois characterize the Music in the Southern Negro revival meeting?
7. How does DuBois say Christianity appealed to the blacks in slavery?
8. How are the physical dwellings of blacks and whites related, in DuBois' account?
9. How does DuBois characterize the Frenzy the Southern Negro revival meeting?
10. How has the loss of the plantation life resulted in the isolation of black and white cultures?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate your own reading of The Souls of Black Folkādid you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 2
In what ways is The Souls of Black Folk relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.
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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