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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. 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 Fatwa.
(c) The Fakir.
(d) The Nadir.

2. Over what river does The High Bridge in New York City pass?
(a) The East River.
(b) The Harlem River.
(c) The Bronx River.
(d) The Hudson River.

3. Kiese Laymon reports that it "was only after listening to ATLliens" that he realized where he needed to go as a human being and an artist. What did he decide he needed to do?
(a) Make music.
(b) Write fiction.
(c) Write memoirs.
(d) Be an emcee.

4. The essay entitled "Black and Blue" takes its name from a song by what African-American musician?
(a) Jelly Roll Morton.
(b) Fats Waller.
(c) James Brown.
(d) Muddy Waters.

5. When Kiese Laymon was busy analyzing the Outkast song "Wailin'," what was he supposed to be doing instead?
(a) Writing a paper about "The Cask of Amontillado."
(b) Applying for jobs.
(c) Baking a rhubarb pie for his grandmother.
(d) Applying to graduate schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who requested an open coffin for Emmett Till's funeral and granted permission for photographs of his mutilated, lynched body to be taken and published?

2. 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?

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

4. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?

5. The author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" states that most of the information about Phillis Wheatley comes from a book published how many years after the poet's death?

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