The Souls of Black Folk Quizzes

The Souls of Black Folk Quiz 1

By Geraldine L. Diaz · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed May 25, 2015

1 What prominent African-American academic did DuBois criticize?

Alexander Crummell

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Frederick Douglass

Booker T. Washington
2 What did DuBois' son's hair symbolize?

The South

Love

Success

The Veil
3 Why doesn't DuBois like the industrial school for African-Americans?

There are no necessary skills learned at industrial schools.

It is not fair to make free men attend vocational schools.

Education should not only be about sustenance; it should be about theoretical and academic knowledge.

He thinks they should exist for white people instead.
4 What is the social center of the African-American community?

Clubhouses

The Church

School

Plantations
5 Where did the post-Emancipation image of the African-American priest derive from?

A Doctor

The Pope

The Tribal Chief

An African Archbishop
6 What religions did African-Americans tend to embrace, post-Emancipation?

Catholicism

Protestantism

Judaism

Islam
7 What state is W.E.B. DuBois from?

New York

Pennsylvania

Georgia

Massachusetts
8 Where is Alexander Crummell turned away from representation in the Church?

Savannah

Philadelphia

New York

Boston
9 What is the color-line?

A line created by the white community so that black people do not enter

A line created by the black community so that white people do not enter

A term created by Booker T. Washington, which references an invisible line that separates the black and the white community

A term created by W.E.B. Dubois, which references an invisible line that separates the black and the white community
10 What is "double-consciousness" (DuBois, Page 9)?

Intersection of membership into two groups for the white person. One is not only a white person, but also an American. These identities can be merged.

Intersection of membership into two groups for the black person; one is not only an African-American, but also an American. These identities cannot be merged.

Intersection of membership into two groups for the white person. One is not only a white person, but also an American. These identities cannot be merged.

Intersection of membership into two groups for the black person; one is not only an African-American, but also an American. These identities can be merged.
11 When does DuBois first realize that the Veil exists?

He first realizes the existence of the Veil when he rides through the Black Belt in the Jim Crow Car.

He first realizes the existence of the Veil in college, when a student refused to accept a card he had written for her, all because of his color.

He first realizes the existence of the Veil in elementary school, when a student refused to accept a card he had written for her, all because of his color.

He first realizes the existence of the Veil when his son dies.
12 How do Southern whites feel about African-Americans?

Positively

Lovingly

Indifferently

Negatively
13 What is used as currency in the "Black Belt" (DuBois, Page 108)?

Corn

Cotton

Dollars

Alcohol
14 Where did Booker T. Washington hold a leadership position?

Fisk University

Harvard University

Sewanee University

University of Virginia
15 In what academic discipline does the Souls of Black Folk hold the most importance?

Psychology

Anthropology

Sociology

Economics
16 Where did Alexander Crummell die?

Philadelphia

England

Africa

Boston
17 Who was the young woman that DuBois taught in the South, who eventually died of stress?

Jenny

Mary

Josie

Jesse
18 What city was an economic center of the South at the time that DuBois wrote this collection of essays?

Miami

Atlanta

Baton Rouge

Chapel Hill
19 The "Negro religion" (DuBois, Page 137) was not entirely Christian. Instead, it was originally a mix of:

Christianity and Islam

Christianity and voodooism

Christianity and Judaism

Islam and voodooism
20 Why did the slave master promote the Christian religion?

The Christian religion was fun for the slaves.

The Christian religion helped the slaves learn to read, which slave masters really wanted.

Christianity was easy to teach.

The Christian religion encouraged submission, while at the same time allowing the slave to hold on to hope.
21 What is a "Jim Crow Car" (DuBois, Page 83)?

The "Jim Crow Car" was the part of the train designated for white men.

The "Jim Crow Car" was the part of the train where Jim Crow would make announcements.

A "Jim Crow Car" is a part of a train that was created so that African-Americans could have equal facilities to white people. They could not travel in non-Jim Crow Cars.

A "Jim Crow Car" is a part of a train that was created so that African-Americans could have equal facilities to white people. They could still travel in non-Jim Crow Cars.
22 Who is one of the central leaders in the African-American community?

The mother

The previous slave-owner

The preacher

The doctor
23 According to the US government, what led to the Civil War?

Fights over cotton

A desire for blacks to gain freedom from slavery

A desire for white masters to be imprisoned

A desire for states to gain sovereign rights
24 What was Alexander Crummell called to do?

He was called to be a teacher.

He was called to be a lawyer.

He was called to be a priest.

He was called to be a doctor.
25 DuBois states that in Washington's argument against the black race, he has three main pitfalls. What does he call these pitfalls?

Triple Paradox

The Issues

The Three Puzzles

Three Great Problems

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