Du Bois Green Sheet #4

In line 17, the word "it" refers to

"veil" (line 16)

the sons of night (line 38) are

African American boys

The phrase "being a problem is a strange experience" (line 1) contributes to the unity of the passage in which of the following ways?

As an indication of the author's own sense of racial disharmony

the speaker's contempt wanes and is replace by

a commitment to become a famous professional

In this passage, the anecdote of the visiting cards serves as

an epiphany for the speaker

The speaker uses the word "beat" three times in lines 19-21 in order to

establish a contrast between the first two uses of the word and the third use

the tone of this passage can NOT be described as

laudatory

The speaker was a problem because

of his race

One can infer from the passage all of the following EXCEPT that

the speaker considered himself inferior to his white peers

after presenting the incident of the visiting-cards, the speakers controls the rest of the passage by employing

two extended metaphors