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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?
(a) Five times.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Six times.
(d) Eight times.

2. When the author of the essay "Black and Blue" was warned by university officials to avoid walking in certain areas of the city, what threat does he mistakenly think he is being warned about?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Police.
(d) Weather.

3. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?
(a) To show her son.
(b) To take a picture.
(c) To turn away.
(d) To cry.

4. Which black female artist's work does Kiese Laymon set up as a counterpoint to the work of OutKast?
(a) Queen Latifah.
(b) Jill Scott.
(c) Lauryn Hill.
(d) Missy Elliott.

5. What term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?
(a) The Chasm.
(b) The Nadir.
(c) The Fatwa.
(d) The Fakir.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?

2. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?

3. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?

4. Who else in Jesmyn Ward's family gets genetic testing done at the same time she does?

5. In a letter from Phillis Wheatley to the artist Obour Tanner, Wheatley relates the death of her mistress, saying that her mistress had treated her less like a "servant" (67) and more like a what?

(see the answer key)

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