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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 view does the author have of the afterlife?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It is a vital part of the fabric of the human psyche.
(c) It is his only comfort.
(d) It is an unknown.

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

3. How old is the author's son at the time the memoir is written?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

4. Why does the author apologize to his son?
(a) For being unable to save him from the reality of racism and violence in the world.
(b) For rambling on about the past.
(c) For not providing him with a better education.
(d) For speaking so negatively about the world.

5. What bothers the author about artists like Michael Jackson?
(a) He represents the nonviolent black man.
(b) He used cosmetic surgery to appeal to a white fanbase.
(c) His lyrics are without meaning.
(d) He did not finish what he started.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer inspired the author as a young man?

2. Which Howard University student was shot by a PG County officer shortly after the author's encounter with the police?

3. What is "the Yard"?

4. What did the author's mother urge him to do when he was in trouble at school?

5. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:

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