Deck 7: Web Du Bois

Question 1

The concept of double-consciousness parallel's which theorist's notion?

A)Marx's fetters
B)Durkheim's profane
C)Weber's bureaucracy
D)Simmel's stranger

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Du Bois conducted primarily which types of research?

A)participant observation, empirical experiments, political essays
B)empirical studies, early telephone interviews, political essays
C)empirical studies, interpretative essays, political essays
D)interpretative essays, ethnographies, and surveys

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In The Philadelphia Negro Du Bois's typology recognizes the power of nonrational factors when it depicts an upper-class

A)thin blue line
B)color ceiling
C)colortocracy
D)race veil

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Du Bois concludes with which of the following in The Philadelphia Negro regarding the "Negro problems", except?

A)these problems are a function of historical conditions
B)individuals need to change both their attitudes and behaviors
C)these problems are a function of structural conditions
D)political interests hands in their condition

Question 5

According to Du Bois the most pressing problem facing American society is

A)double consciousness
B)the color line
C)the veil
D)Marxism

Question 6

Du Bois was primarily concerned with the nature and intersection of

A)status and power
B)race and class
C)race and education
D)status and structure

Question 7

Du Bois believed the responsibility of the Talented Tenth was what?

A)Win freedom and justice for all African Americans.
B)Inhabit key governmental positions.
C)Create and lead powerful capitalist industries.
D)Lead scholarship in Pan-African studies.

Question 8

When Du Bois asks "why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?" he is reflecting on the ________ aspects of race and racism.

A)structural
B)objective
C)subjective
D)rational

Question 9

The basic theoretical orientation of Du Bois as established by the authors is

A)Nonrational, collective
B)Nonrational, individual
C)Rational, collective
D)Rational, individual

Question 10

Du Bois defines the "color line" as:

A)The relation of the darker to the lighter races of men.
B)The feeling of two-ness and the sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others.
C)Feelings of racism and inequality.
D)The essence and power of black spirituality.

Question 11

Du Bois was primarily concerned with the nature and intersection of race and class, however during the last twenty-three years of his long life, he wrote provocatively on

A)status and power
B)race and education
C)colonialism and imperialism
D)education and economy

Question 12

Which of the following methods did Du Bois not employ when conducting his research for The Philadelphia Negro?

A)statistical data
B)ethnographic research
C)historical information
D)survey analysis

Question 13

Du Bois states which of the following as the reason for why he was commissioned to perform his study in the Seventh Ward?

A)Philadelphia wanted to support sociological research
B)He did so to finish his graduate degree
C)White Philadelphians already believed the area corrupt and "cancerous"
D)His was the first study for Philadelphia's social services department

Question 14

The Souls of Black Folk differs from The Philadelphia Negro because

A)it relies solely on empirical data.
B)it introduced a new "soulful" voice from Du Bois.
C)it approaches race on a rational level.
D)it introduces Du Bois's typology.

Question 15

In The Philadelphia Negro, Du Bois states which of the following as the "vastest of the Negro problems"?

A)pauperism
B)criminality
C)the color line
D)alcoholism

Question 16

Du Bois defines "double-consciousness" as:

A)The relation of the darker to the lighter races of men.
B)The feeling of two-ness and the sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others.
C)Feelings of racism and inequality.
D)The essence and power of black spirituality.

Question 17

Du Bois defines this institution as the "social center of Negro life in the United States" and felt it could and should do more for its people.

A)NAACP
B)the Black church
C)community neighborhoods
D)the family structure

Question 18

In The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois "stepped within the _______, raising it that you may view faintly its deeper recesses…"

A)double consciousness
B)the color line
C)the veil
D)division of labor

Question 19

For Du Bois, when did race become central to world history?

A)When the color line began to pay via colonization
B)the birth of capitalism
C)division of labor in ancient Egypt
D)beginning of Chinese civilization

Question 20

The authors state Du Bois's work The Philadelphia Negro can best be described as which of the following?

A)theoretically individualistic
B)theoretically multidimensional
C)theoretically collectivistic
D)theoretically rational

Question 21

The Talented Tenth was the intellectual group Du Bois joined when he traveled through Europe.

Question 22

Du Bois argues in The Souls of White Folk that while African Americans possess a double-consciousness, whites have

A)triple consciousness
B)false consciousness
C)no racial consciousness
D)extra-consciousness

Question 23

Du Bois's work is exemplary in that it illuminates the intertwined structural and subjective causes and consequences of class, race, and racism.

Question 24

In The Souls of White Folk, Du Bois argues that racism

A)is unconnected to European colonialism
B)is receding as whites' souls become more tolerant
C)in America is less oppressive than in other nations
D)America is oppressive in structure and practice

Question 25

Du Bois used a multidimensional approach to race and class.

Question 26

Du Bois recognized that race does not work or exist solely at the rational level.

Question 27

Du Bois systematically sets out the specific social consequences of prejudice and discrimination within The Philadelphia Negro.

Question 28

The Souls of Black Folk solidified agreement in positions between Du Bois and Booker T. Washington.

Question 29

The Philadelphia Negro is the first major sociological study of an African American community ever published in the United States.

Question 30

Du Bois was intensely critical of the Black church and thought it could/should do more for its people.

Question 31

Define Du Bois's concept of the Talented Tenth. Explain why you agree or disagree with this concept.

Question 32

Discuss the importance of Du Bois's term "colortocracy" as it pertains to sociological study.

Question 33

Discuss how well you feel Du Bois's ideas have translated into contemporary times. Do you feel he could still write his works today and they would still be relevant? If so, how?

Question 34

The conclusion of The Philadelphia Negro squarely places the blame on the structure of white society for all the problems of the residents of the Seventh Ward.

Question 35

The veil represents the most pressing problem for the U.S. according to Du Bois.

Question 36

The Soul of White Folks proved Whites experience a double consciousness.

Question 37

Which of Du Bois's work reverses the gaze of racial domination?

A)The Souls of Black Folk
B)The Souls of White Folk
C)The Philadelphia Negro
D)Phylon

Question 38

Du Bois's work The Philadelphia Negro recognized both rational and nonrational factors.

Question 39

The Souls of White Folk differs from The Souls of Black Folk in that its tone can be considered more

A)sympathetic
B)militant
C)empirical
D)poetic

Question 40

The color line refers to the lines of poverty Du Bois studied in The Philadelphia Negro.

Question 41

Summarize Du Bois's main points concerning his stance on Booker T. Washington.

Question 42

Discuss Du Bois's concepts of the color line, the veil, and double consciousness using concrete examples. What theoretical issue/s do these concepts raise?

Question 43

Explain Du Bois's concept of the veil. Show how it relates to his other concepts double-consciousness and the color line.

Question 44

Summarize the main points from Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk. Also include the three reasons as outlined by the authors as to why this particular piece is notable.

Question 45

Compare and contrast Du Bois's theory of the oppression of black Americans with Gilman's theory of the oppression of women. What are some of the similarities (if any) and differences (if any) between these two perspectives?

Question 46

Compare and contrast Du Bois's double consciousness to Simmel's notion of the stranger.

Question 47

Explain how Du Bois's notion of a color line can be found in different quadrants of American life, today. Apply his analytical framework to investigate modern American race discourse.

Question 48

Compare and contrast the goals and tone of The Souls of Black Folk with The Souls of White Folk. Be sure to place both pieces within their respective historical contexts.

Question 49

Discuss Du Bois's use of the term "clairvoyance" in The Souls of White Folk. Be sure to also define and discuss the consciousness of whites as stated by Du Bois. Further, show how the concepts of democracy and religion play into this discussion.

Question 50

Explain what Du Bois is discussing when he states "…this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity."