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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Rose By Any Other Name (pages 47-71).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the author's mother urge him to do when he was in trouble at school?
(a) Draw.
(b) Run.
(c) Fight.
(d) Write.

3. What hobby did the author pursue while at Howard University?
(a) Poker.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Music.

4. What difference does the author see between his childhood and that of his son?
(a) His son is living in "The Dream."
(b) He had to learn to fight and survive in a more violent environment.
(c) His son's friends are much wilder than his were.
(d) He had more friends than his son does now.

5. What surprised the author about the sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits of Africans?
(a) They were drawn in a ravenous, lustful, simian manner.
(b) The looked ethnically different from African-Americans.
(c) The appeared regal and serene.
(d) Their facial features had be Anglicized.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author's father react when another boy stole something from the author?

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

3. How does the author describe his experience in the Baltimore public schools?

4. What sorts of toys was the author not allowed to have as a child?

5. How did the author spend most of his time at The Mecca?

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