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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Jamaican city did Garnette Cadogan, the author of the essay "Black and Blue," grow up?
(a) Kingston.
(b) Negril.
(c) Montego Bay.
(d) Portmore.

2. Kiese Laymon reports that it "was only after listening to ATLliens" that he realized where he needed to go as a human being and an artist. What did he decide he needed to do?
(a) Be an emcee.
(b) Make music.
(c) Write fiction.
(d) Write memoirs.

3. Though Mitchell Jackson's father lived no more than a bike ride away from his mother's home, for how many formative years of his life was Mitchell's father absent?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

4. When discussing the murders at Emanuel Methodist Church, the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" states, "But Dylann Storm Roof did not create himself from" (146) what element?
(a) From the foundation of a strong upbringing.
(b) From God's image.
(c) From a place of understanding.
(d) From nothing.

5. What tragic event had occurred the week before Emily Raboteau took her family on a walk over The High Bridge?
(a) Michael Brown's murder.
(b) Tamir Rice's murder.
(c) The church massacre in Charleston.
(d) The Columbine shootings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?

2. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?

3. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?

4. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?

5. In her essay in the Washington Post, what does Raha Jorjani argue that African-Americans could easily qualify as?

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