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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often do historians say lynchings of African-Americans occurred in the early decades of the twentieth century?
(a) Every four days.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every week.

2. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?
(a) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
(b) The Jerk.
(c) The Pink Panther.
(d) The Three Amigos.

3. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?
(a) 48% African American and 52% Caucasian.
(b) 99% Caucasian.
(c) 99% African-American.
(d) 23% African-American, 48% Caucasian, and 29% Native American.

4. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?
(a) Become familiar with its underpinnings..
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Learn to live with it.
(d) Forget about it.

5. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?
(a) Upcoming Southern black women workers.
(b) The women at her church.
(c) White male shift managers.
(d) Preceding Southern black women workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

3. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

4. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?

5. What belief did Kiese Laymon's grandmother hold that he points to as the only reason he is alive?

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