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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the beginning of "Do Not Despair This Country," who claimed "all men are created equal" (160)?
2. Which 1790 act described in "Tribe," limited citizenship to "free white persons" (103)?
3. What box does Lalami say she used to check when first confronted with American paperwork that included a section on race?
4. Which Amendment, passed in 1868, gave Blacks citizenship status?
5. How much was Lalami's first apartment in Los Angeles, which she describes at the start of "Caste"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Lalami's parents' expectations of her begin to differ from that of her brother when she reached adolescence?
2. What question did many people ask of Dr. Ford when she came forward and how is this similar to many other women, according to Lalami in "Inheritance"?
3. What does Lalami suggest Tom's treatment of Jim Huckleberry Finn represents at the start of "Tribe"?
4. In "Tribe," how does Lalami define what she calls "white anxiety" (97)?
5. Who coined the term "white privilege," and what does it mean?
6. How did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fund her run for office?
7. "Inheritance" describes Christine Blasey Ford's testimony. What did she allege happened to her in 1982? Who was the perpetrator?
8. What happened to Lalami at the Casablanca office, the progressive paper she worked for after college?
9. In "Tribe," what does Lalami note about how American students are taught about Black figures?
10. In what aspects of one's life does Lalami say being Black has a negative impact?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an analysis of Lalami's commentary on poverty in Conditional Citizens. What examples of poverty does she include? How is America's view of poverty different from how Lalami describes Morocco's view?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Lalami's commentary on gender in both America and Morocco. What is the same and what is different regarding how women are treated? Use examples to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the ending of Conditional Citizens. How did the ending fit into the narrative? Do you think the ending was effective? In what ways does the final chapter develop the theme of progress? What might the author have done differently?
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