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W.E.B. Du Bois is best known in sociology for: |
| | A) | his theoretical contributions on race in The Souls of Black Folk. |
| | B) | his empirical contributions on race in The Philadelphia Negro. |
| | C) | his economic analysis of race in The Souls of Black Folk. |
| | D) | his leadership in the NAACP during the Civil Rights Era. |
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Du Bois's social theory is most compatible with which of the following theoretical perspectives? |
| | A) | Feminism |
| | B) | Functionalism |
| | C) | Marxism |
| | D) | Positivism |
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Social theorists who support standpoint theory do so because they: |
| | A) | believe in the objective nature of social scientific research. |
| | B) | feel that the views of minorities are over-represented in the social sciences. |
| | C) | accept general theories of the social world. |
| | D) | are critical of the value-free perspective in the social sciences. |
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Which of the following is NOT something that Du Bois did during his lifetime? |
| | A) | become a citizen of Ghana |
| | B) | become President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
| | C) | visit the Soviet Union |
| | D) | attend Harvard University |
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In The Philadelphia Negro, Du Bois refuses to attribute the high crime rates among Negroes to: |
| | A) | innate violent tendencies. |
| | B) | the heritage of slavery. |
| | C) | charity. |
| | D) | competition for jobs. |
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Which of the following characterizes Du Bois's position on intermarriage? |
| | A) | He did not think blacks and whites should intermarry. |
| | B) | He did not think that race should be a factor in marriage. |
| | C) | He thought the government should promote intermarriage as a means toward social progress. |
| | D) | He believed that class, not race, should define the concept of intermarriage. |
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In The Philadelphia Negro, Du Bois differentiates between four types of social class among Negroes. To which of the following classes would a respectable working-class black person with a steady-paying job belong? |
| | A) | Grade 1 |
| | B) | Grade 2 |
| | C) | Grade 3 |
| | D) | Grade 4 |
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How does Du Bois conclude his book The Philadelphia Negro? |
| | A) | with a rallying cry to black Americans to revolt against a racist society |
| | B) | with a plea to the black working class to move to the suburbs |
| | C) | with talk of the need for whites to be polite and generous to blacks |
| | D) | with little hope for the progress of blacks in American society |
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Du Bois referred to the potential leaders of the Negro community as the: |
| | A) | "Talented Tenth." |
| | B) | "Benevolent Despots." |
| | C) | "Guiding Tenth." |
| | D) | "Talented Hundredth." |
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Du Bois's has been criticized as being a(n) _______ for his belief in "The Talented Tenth." |
| | A) | Marxist |
| | B) | elitist |
| | C) | positivist |
| | D) | capitalist |
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According to Du Bois, the mission of the group of black leaders called the "Guiding Hundredth" was to: |
| | A) | establish all-black colleges in the South. |
| | B) | mobilize black voters in the South. |
| | C) | plan an economic revolution in industry. |
| | D) | train black workers in industry. |
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Du Bois believed that the goal of American Negroes was to: |
| | A) | become fully integrated with white Americans. |
| | B) | realize their class consciousness. |
| | C) | learn to accept the materialistic pursuits of white Americans. |
| | D) | infuse America with their cultural heritage. |
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According to Du Bois, the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of: |
| | A) | "the colour line." |
| | B) | segregation. |
| | C) | capitalism. |
| | D) | communism. |
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With which of the following statements would Du Bois disagree? |
| | A) | Segregation based on the ideology of "separate but equal" is harmful to blacks. |
| | B) | Race is defined in part by common history and traditions. |
| | C) | There is no such thing as a "pure" race. |
| | D) | African Americans are both inside and outside of the dominant white society. |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Du Bois's concept of the Veil? |
| | A) | It is something that is opaque and impossible to lift. |
| | B) | It is something that blacks are born with. |
| | C) | It is something that negatively affects both blacks and whites. |
| | D) | It is something that shuts blacks off from the rest of the world. |
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Which of the following terms does Du Bois use to describe the feeling that a black person has of "always looking at one's self through the eyes of others"? |
| | A) | double consciousness |
| | B) | the color line |
| | C) | the Veil |
| | D) | alienation |
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Why was Du Bois critical of Booker T. Washington? |
| | A) | Washington advocated Marxism. |
| | B) | Washington privileged the creation of an elite black upper class over the formation of a strong black working class. |
| | C) | Washington focused on the economic success of blacks in industry at the expense of the moral success of blacks in leadership positions. |
| | D) | Washington concentrated too much on building institutes of higher education for blacks. |
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Which of the following describes Du Bois's philosophy regarding social change in the early years of his career? |
| | A) | Du Bois was a Marxist and advocated revolution as the means to realize social change. |
| | B) | Du Bois was a reformist and believed that peace and progress would lead to social change. |
| | C) | Du Bois was an African nationalist and urged all blacks to move to Africa if they wanted to realize social change. |
| | D) | Du Bois was a benevolent despot and believed that capitalism was the means by which to promote social change. |
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Later in his career Du Bois believed that the only way for blacks to become integrated into American society was if: |
| | A) | the capitalist economy was overthrown and replaced with communism. |
| | B) | the black working class unionized to improve wages and working conditions. |
| | C) | white capitalists became benevolent despots. |
| | D) | the federal government instituted affirmative actions programs at universities. |
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In Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880, Du Bois argues that _______ was the main factor that undermined Reconstruction. |
| | A) | socialism |
| | B) | segregation |
| | C) | racism |
| | D) | capitalism |
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Du Bois's ideas have had a greater scholarly impact today than they did during his lifetime. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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When Du Bois wrote The Philadelphia Negro, he believed that science should be guided by the emotional attachments of researchers. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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The Philadelphia Negro is best known for advancing a sociological theory on race relations in the United States. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Du Bois has been criticized for failing to recognize the ways in which blacks contribute to their own economic difficulties. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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In The Philadelphia Negro, Du Bois argued that benevolent white capitalists could help blacks become integrated into society by providing them with job training. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Du Bois was not opposed to segregation per se, but to segregation accompanied by discrimination. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Du Bois argued that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of class struggle." |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Du Bois criticized white America for its overarching materialism, and he believed that if blacks were integrated into American society, they could ameliorate this obsession with money. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Early in his career Du Bois advocated Marxism, particularly the overthrow of the capitalist economy, as the only way for blacks to advance in American society. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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After visiting the Soviet Union, Du Bois declared that he was a Bolshevik. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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