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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. When the author and her friend laugh at the immediate thought of getting one's child out of the country upon his birth, what is NOT named as one of the sources of their laughter?
(a) An absurd stuckness.
(b) Mirth.
(c) Fear.
(d) Vulnerability.

2. For which organization did Rachel Dolezal serve as a chapter president before the news broke that she was feigning her African-American ancestry?
(a) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(b) The National Urban League.
(c) Jack and Jill of America.
(d) The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.

3. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?
(a) Affinity College.
(b) Talladega College.
(c) Carlsbad College.
(d) Trinity College.

4. What does Emily Raboteau say had been the primary goal of the perpetrator of the previous week's tragedy on the day her family walks over The High Bridge?
(a) Getting the police to shoot him.
(b) Making a statement about bullying.
(c) Igniting a race war.
(d) Driving black people back into segregation.

5. In what Jamaican city did Garnette Cadogan, the author of the essay "Black and Blue," grow up?
(a) Negril.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Portmore.
(d) Montego Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Kevin Young teach for five years?

2. For what ultimate purpose does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" start her search for primary sources regarding Phillis Wheatley's life?

3. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?

4. What was the first OutKast album Kiese Laymon ever heard?

5. What belief does Mitchell Jackson hold that he underscores by calling it his "beating heart" (179)?

(see the answer key)

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