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He founded the NAACP and coined the idea of “double-consciousness” —the twoness felt by African Americans to remain true to black culture while simultaneously assimilating into the dominant culture of the white world.

Identify the source of the line(s): “No Chinese Wall can now be tolerated”

Identify the source of the line(s): “Madame Valmonde had never removed her eyes from the child. She lifted it an walked with it over to the window that was lightest”

He was given an honorary Ph.D. from Harvard

Identify the story that best correlates with the image:   

In “Soldier’s Home,” what does Harold Krebs struggle with upon returning home from the war?

“Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” and “No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;” and “I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. / I do not think that they will sing to me”

“I, too, dislike it; there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle”

Where is “Soldier’s Home” set? 

Identify the source of the line(s): “But Microscopes are prudent / In an Emergency!”