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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Self-Awareness (pages 88-108).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author wish he had done differently with the woman who pushed his son?
(a) Invited her for coffee and talked to her as a person.
(b) Stopped and picked up his son first.
(c) Made her realize her actions were inherently racist.
(d) Stopped and called the police.

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

3. What does the author remember about Manhattan?
(a) That is is a beautiful city.
(b) It is where his son was born.
(c) That it once housed slave auctions.
(d) It was where he learned to believe in humanity again.

4. According to Solzhenitsyn, "To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is _____ " what?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Compulsory.
(c) Required.
(d) Good.

5. How did the author react to his son being pushed off the escalator?
(a) He shoved the woman who pushed his son.
(b) He spoke sharply to the woman who pushed his son.
(c) He picked up his son and left silently.
(d) He hit the woman who pushed his son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are racism and race linked?

3. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?

4. Whom did the author shove when his son was pushed off the escalator?

5. What comparison does the author make between the police officer who shot Prince Jones and the ones who died on September 11?

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