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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song did President Barack Obama sing at the funeral for those killed in the Emanuel Mother Church massacre?
(a) My Country 'Tis of Thee.
(b) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
(c) Ave Maria.
(d) Amazing Grace.

2. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Providence.

3. Which black female artist's work does Kiese Laymon set up as a counterpoint to the work of OutKast?
(a) Lauryn Hill.
(b) Missy Elliott.
(c) Jill Scott.
(d) Queen Latifah.

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

5. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?
(a) Benjamin Cardin.
(b) Thomas Carper.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Strom Thurmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. When all flags in the United States flew at half staff after the killings at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, which state did not lower its Confederate flag on state-house grounds?

2. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?

3. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?

4. The final line of the poem "Queries of Unrest" references "trying to save them the time of" doing what "to darkness when all they have to do is close their eyes" (100)?

5. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?

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