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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. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

2. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?
(a) The Pink Panther.
(b) The Jerk.
(c) The Three Amigos.
(d) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

3. What two qualities of his grandmother's does Kiese Laymon say he did not understand or feel inspired by until he heard his first OutKast album?
(a) Her stank and freshness.
(b) Her funk and business sense.
(c) Her light and heat.
(d) Her smile and soul.

4. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?
(a) 1.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. For how many years had The High Bridge been inactive before reopening again just before Emily Raboteau and her family took a walk across it?
(a) Twenty-plus.
(b) Forty-plus.
(c) Thirty-plus.
(d) Fifty-plus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The essay entitled "Black and Blue" takes its name from a song by what African-American musician?

2. In the essay "Where Do We Go from Here?", continual progress for African-Americans is claimed to be a what?

3. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?

4. What is NOT one of the services Mitchell Jackson says had been provided to him by one or all of his group of father figures?

5. When Kiese Laymon states all of the things that the album ATLliens brought him to love about himself, what is an item that is NOT on his list?

(see the answer key)

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