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Of Our Spiritual Strivings paragraph 1-7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the speaker's tone in the epigraph?
a)
optimisitic
b)
humorous
c)
sad and unresting
d)
defiant
2.
What can you infer about DuBois essay from the poem in the pretext?
a)
It will be about peace
b)
It will be about protest
c)
It will be about struggle
d)
Poems make my brain hurt
3.
What is the unasked question?
a)
How does it feel to be a problem?
b)
What is for lunch
c)
How does it feel to be black
d)
How does it feel to be white
4.
Why is the question unasked?
a)
anger and bitterness
b)
embarrassment 
c)
sorrow
d)
delicacy and difficulty framing it
5.
Why was the problem different when the author was younger?
a)
He did not care as a child
b)
he was naiive as most children are in the ways of the world
c)
It did not matter due to his race
d)
He was always angry
6.

What does DuBois mean when he says "the sky was bluest"

a)

He was most happy with society

b)

When there was no clouds in the sky

c)

When he was unhappy

d)

When he ran away

7.

When was the sky the bluest for DuBois?

a)

When he defeated his white counterparts in academics or sports

b)

when he was with other black folks

c)

When he was with white folks

d)

never, he was really salty

8.
What does Du Bois compare the history of black folk to?
a)
white folk
b)
twoness
c)
double consciousness
d)
falling stars
9.
According to Du Bois, why were African Americans not successful after the Emancipation?
a)
they were angry
b)
they were too happy
c)
they were weary, hesitant and doubtful
d)
they were absent and weak
10.

Which example shows correct parallel structure?

a)

Recommended exercise includes to run, to swim, and cycling.

b)

Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and cycling.

c)

Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and to cycle.

d)

Recommended exercise includes running, to swim, and cycling.

11.

Which of the following is an example of imagery?

a)

"the God he implored had Freedom in his right hand" (paragraph 6)

b)

"the sum of all villainies, the cause of all sorrow, the root of all prejudice" (paragraph 6)

c)

"Shut, O children! Shout, you're free!" (paragraph 6)

d)

"The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins; the freedman has not yet found in freedom his promised land" (paragraph 7)

12.

"The powers of single black men flash here and there like falling stars" (par 5). This is an example of

a)

Allusion

b)

Imagery

c)

Repetition

d)

Parallel structure

13.

Rhetoric is...

a)

A rhetorical question

b)

The ability to persuade someone

c)

To tell someone a story well

d)

To provide detailed explanations

14.

Where did DuBois grow up?

a)

Massachusetts, with white folks

b)

Rhode Island, with black and white folks

c)

Queens, with Biggie Smalls

d)

Pennsylvania, with both blacks and whites

15.

Pathos is when...

a)

You appeal to the audiences patience

b)

You appeal to the audiences emotions

c)

You appeal to the audiences logic

d)

You appeal to your own ideas