Quiz: The Souls of Black Folk

11 questions drawn at random. Score 80% for a silver medal.

1. 1. According to the Forethought, what is “the problem of the Twentieth Century”?

   The problem of capital and labor The problem of the Solid South The problem of the city The problem of the color-line
2. 2. What is the “unasked question” that stands between Du Bois and “the other world”?

   Why do you not go back to Africa? What do your people really want? Do you wish you were white? How does it feel to be a problem?
3. 3. What does Du Bois find when he returns to the valley ten years later?

   Josie has become the valley’s teacher in the old log school Josie’s family has bought the Burke farm Josie has graduated from Fisk Josie has died, worn out by work and disappointment
4. 4. Who was appointed Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau in May 1865?

   Oliver O. Howard Edward L. Pierce Rufus Saxton William T. Sherman
5. 5. To what does Du Bois compare the economic system of the New South?

   France under the old regime The industrial North with its trade unions Russia under serfdom England of the early nineteenth century
6. 6. Which of these is not among the three things Du Bois says Washington asks Black people to give up?

   Industrial training Insistence on civil rights Political power Higher education of Negro youth
7. 7. What condition did Bishop Onderdonk set for receiving Crummell into his diocese?

   No Negro priest could sit in his convention, nor any Negro church seek representation Crummell must agree to preach only to slaves and never to stand before a white congregation Crummell must first take a degree at an English university to prove his fitness and learning Crummell must first serve for some years as a missionary among the freedmen of Liberia
8. 8. What happened as the funeral procession for Du Bois’s son passed through the city?

   White neighbours brought flowers to the house The city’s church bells were rung for him Passers-by glanced and uttered a slur A crowd of black children joined the procession
9. 9. Where does Du Bois date the Forethought from?

   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nashville, Tennessee Atlanta, Georgia Great Barrington, Massachusetts
10. 10. According to Du Bois, what is the “keynote” of the Black Belt?

    Idleness Debt Emigration Crime
11. 11. What three things, says Du Bois, characterized the religion of the slave?

    Baptism, Conversion and Revival The Priest, the Clan and the Sacrifice The Preacher, the Music and the Frenzy The Bible, the Sabbath and the Hymn