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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 sorts of toys was the author not allowed to have as a child?
(a) Those that used batteries.
(b) Anything that was non-educational.
(c) Those with white faces.
(d) Anything made by Disney.

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

3. 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 appeared regal and serene.
(c) The looked ethnically different from African-Americans.
(d) Their facial features had be Anglicized.

4. What is "The Mecca" that the author describes to his son?
(a) His mother's collection of vintage vinyl.
(b) His father's collection of books.
(c) The culture of the student body at Howard University.
(d) His poetry notebook.

5. Where does the author begin his memoir?
(a) At an auction.
(b) In a bar.
(c) During a riot.
(d) During an interview.

Short Answer Questions

1. What essential question does the author pose in his memoir?

2. What bothers the author about artists like Michael Jackson?

3. What did the author's parents teach him about religion?

4. According to the author, slavery transfigured black bodies into:

5. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?

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