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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dream (pages 108-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What realization does the author have about his university education?
(a) It was designed to break down myths and reveal the truth about humanity.
(b) It was a pointless as his public school education.
(c) It was going to provide him with the skills to be a great writer.
(d) He was never going to learn everything he needed to know.

2. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?
(a) Who am I?
(b) When will America be one?
(c) How can all people groups coexist?
(d) How do I live free in this black body?

3. How did Queen Nzinga address the social insult of the Dutch ambassador?
(a) She stabbed the ambassador.
(b) She ordered one of her advisers to become a human chair.
(c) She stood on the table.
(d) She sat on the ambassador's knee.

4. Which name symbolically means "The Struggle"?
(a) Samori.
(b) Malcom.
(c) Luther.
(d) Ta-Nehisi.

5. What did the author notice as he walked the streets of Paris for the first time?
(a) Everyone was ignoring him.
(b) He was not afraid.
(c) Everyone was smiling.
(d) There was an odd odor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the girl with the long dreads love?

2. Whom does the author blame for the death of Prince Jones?

3. What did the author learn from television as a young boy?

4. The author admires Malcolm X because he never:

5. What realization did he author make after the mother of his son returned from her trip?

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