Hello Lindsey, hope you are doing well,
Here are the answers:
1. When W. E. B. Du Bois uses the "Veil" as a symbol, he means
A. Racism.
2. What is the greatest obstacle Du Bois faces in providing his students with an education?
A. They’re needed to work at home.
3. The benches on which Du Bois's children sit are symbols of the
A. difference between their education and white children’s education.
4. In "Of the Meaning of Progress," what does Du Bois suggest most strongly creates the
sense of community among African Americans?
C. Shared suffering
5. To Du Bois, the new school represents
B. a new form of slavery.
6. The bits of song that precede each essay in The Souls of Black Folk are called
C. epigraphs.
7. What does Du Bois say are the unique characteristics of American art (including music)?
A. Beauty and peace C. Racism and oppression
B. Vigor and ingenuity D. Educational and humor
8. Du Bois says that "Negro folk-songs" are reflections of
B. Disappointment and unhappiness.
9. In concluding his essay "The Sorrow Songs," Du Bois claims that
B. America wouldn't be America without African American contributions.
10. "The woman paints the child's experiences in her own fantasy" is an example of
D. the subjective element in history and autobiography.
11. The term sensory details refers to particular details that
B. Appeal to the readers' five senses.
12. The book that began Helen Keller's lifelong love of reading was
A. The Bible.
13. How old is Keller when she first meets Anne Sullivan?
C. Almost 7
14. What is the first word Sullivan spells on Keller's hand?
B. Water
15. Which one of the following incidents is an example of an epiphany?
C. Coming to a sudden new understanding of something (for example, language)
16. Keller compares the way one gathers and absorbs knowledge and makes it part of oneself to
C. letters pinned on a doll's pinafore.
17. The statement A child's mind is like a shallow brook is an example of
C. A simile.
18. When Helen Keller discovers that the Pilgrims weren't as noble as she had been taught, she experiences
C. disillusionment.
19. The first sentence Keller learns to speak is
B. "It is warm."
20. In Keller's opinion, the colleges of her day focused too much on
A. Learning, not thinking.
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