The Souls of Black Folk Quizzes

The Souls of Black Folk Quiz 1

1 What prominent African-American academic did DuBois criticize?

Frederick Douglass

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alexander Crummell

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

Love

The Veil

Success

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

He thinks they should exist for white people instead.

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

There are no necessary skills learned at industrial schools.

Education should not only be about sustenance; it should be about theoretical and academic knowledge.
4 What is the social center of the African-American community?

The Church

Clubhouses

School

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

The Tribal Chief

A Doctor

The Pope

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

Islam

Protestantism

Catholicism

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

Georgia

New York

Massachusetts

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

Savannah

Philadelphia

Boston

New York
9 What is the color-line?

A term created by W.E.B. Dubois, which references an invisible line that separates the black and the white community

A line created by the white community so that black 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 line created by the black community so that white people do not enter
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 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 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 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 he rides through the Black Belt in the Jim Crow Car.

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

Indifferently

Negatively

Lovingly

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

Cotton

Dollars

Corn

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

Sewanee University

Harvard University

Fisk University

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

Psychology

Economics

Sociology

Anthropology
16 Where did Alexander Crummell die?

Philadelphia

England

Boston

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

Jenny

Jesse

Mary

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

Baton Rouge

Chapel Hill

Miami

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

Islam and voodooism

Christianity and voodooism

Christianity and Judaism

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

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

The Christian religion encouraged submission, while at the same time allowing the slave to hold on to hope.

Christianity was easy to teach.

The Christian religion was fun for the slaves.
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 still 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 not travel in non-Jim Crow Cars.
22 Who is one of the central leaders in the African-American community?

The doctor

The mother

The previous slave-owner

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

A desire for states to gain sovereign rights

Fights over cotton

A desire for white masters to be imprisoned

A desire for blacks to gain freedom from slavery
24 What was Alexander Crummell called to do?

He was called to be a teacher.

He was called to be a doctor.

He was called to be a priest.

He was called to be a lawyer.
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

Three Great Problems

The Three Puzzles

How does the imagery in paragraph two convey the meaning of revelation?

The second paragraph of which section, please?

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"The Souls of Black Folk" was highly praised, particularly because of Du Bois' steadfast defense of blacks in the United States. In this collection of essays, Du Bois exemplified his negation and disapproval of Booker T. Washington's contention...

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3) Where is school conducted--in what sort of building? What did the school building used to be, during slavery?

Chapter please? There are numerous mentions of schools, but I am not seeing what you are looking for.

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