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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 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.

2. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?
(a) Mama.
(b) Gran.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Granny.

3. 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) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

4. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?
(a) Mary Margaret Johann.
(b) Marie Ellen Magdalena.
(c) Margaretta Matilda Odell.
(d) Jane Augusten Burroughs.

5. To begin the essay "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning," Claudia Rankine relates a story about a friend of hers who had just given birth to a baby boy and whose first thought upon his birth was how she could get him out of the country. This thought occurred to her even before she had performed what two actions?
(a) Painted the nursery or weaned him.
(b) Named him or nursed him.
(c) Checked out of the hospital or brought him home.
(d) Potty trained him or weaned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?

2. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?

3. Who founded the college in Alabama that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended?

4. From what state does Kevin Young say that his family hails?

5. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?

(see the answer key)

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