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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 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) Tenor.
(b) Bass.
(c) Soprano.
(d) Alto.

2. From what state does Kevin Young say that his family hails?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) South Carolina.

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

4. 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?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/4.

5. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "Where Do We Go from Here?", continual progress for African-Americans is claimed to be a what?

3. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?

4. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

5. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

(see the answer key)

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