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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. In what state did Kiese Laymon's grandmother live and work?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

2. What type of internship had the author of "The Weight" been completing when he had first fallen wholly in the love with James Baldwin's works?
(a) A reporting internship.
(b) A publishing internship.
(c) A carpentry internship.
(d) A professorial internship.

3. 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 Nadir.
(b) The Fakir.
(c) The Chasm.
(d) The Fatwa.

4. 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?
(a) His tendency to anger quickly.
(b) His celibate lifestyle.
(c) His Southernness.
(d) His blackness.

5. What belief did Kiese Laymon's grandmother hold that he points to as the only reason he is alive?
(a) Her belief that hard work could cure any ill.
(b) Her belief that Kiese was a beautiful Southern black boy.
(c) Her belief that he could grow up to be anyone he wanted.
(d) Her belief that what does not kill us makes us stronger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?

2. 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?

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

4. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?

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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