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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. To whom is the memoir addressed?
(a) The author's son.
(b) All Americans.
(c) White Americans.
(d) Black Americans.

2. According to the author, slavery transfigured black bodies into:
(a) Beasts of burden.
(b) Sugar, tobacco, cotton and gold.
(c) Animals.
(d) Hollow shells of former men.

3. Whom does the author describe as "the God I never had"?
(a) His son.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His soul.

4. As a child, what baffled the author about the nonviolent protests of the civil rights moment?
(a) He felt the police should have helped more.
(b) Kids should not see violent television.
(c) He had been raised in a violent society.
(d) Violence is illegal.

5. Why did the author refrain from comforting his son when Michael Brown's killers were set free?
(a) His son locked the bedroom door.
(b) He feels he pain of grief is an important lesson.
(c) He was busy calling the news station.
(d) He was too sad to move off the couch,

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does the author remember witnessing his first street fight?

2. The author views the school systems and the streets as:

3. What field did the author pursue after he left Howard University?

4. What 1986 event helped solidify the author's view that violence is inevitable?

5. What surprised the author about the sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits of Africans?

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