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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 was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Clementine.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Susannah.

2. What does Kevin Young say in his essay "Blacker Than Thou" that "you have to do...with white people from time to time" (105)?
(a) Throw them a bone.
(b) Let them win.
(c) Wake them up.
(d) Humor them.

3. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" name as her own mother's voice type?
(a) Alto.
(b) Soprano.
(c) Bass.
(d) Tenor.

4. 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) Trinity College.
(b) Talladega College.
(c) Carlsbad College.
(d) Affinity College.

5. While Jesmyn Ward's father was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to what California city had he moved as a teenager in 1969?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Vallejo.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Oakland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. At what age had the author of the essay "Black and Blue" begun walking in Jamaica after dark?

4. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?

5. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?

(see the answer key)

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