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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's father attend college?
(a) Howard University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Baruch College.
(d) Yale University.

2. Who wrote the manifesto The Spook Who Sat by the Door?
(a) Sam Greenlee.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.

3. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?
(a) Roanoke.
(b) Charlottesville.
(c) Manassas.
(d) Richmond.

4. When did the author's family move from New York to Virginia?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1997.

5. Who was cursed by Noah in the Bible because his father viewed Noah in his nakedness?
(a) Canaan.
(b) Adam.
(c) Moses.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts?

2. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?

3. When did Bill Cosby tell the NAACP "we are not Africans" (106)?

4. When does the author describe Soul Liberation performing at the University of Illinois in Chapter 1?

5. Who was the immigrant student that the author describes teasing about his ethnic heritage in Chapter 5?

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