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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. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?
(a) Legal.
(b) Justified.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Unconstitutional.

2. 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 blackness.
(c) His celibate lifestyle.
(d) His Southernness.

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

4. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Nigeria.

5. 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)?
(a) Planting.
(b) Ignoring.
(c) Witnessing.
(d) Burying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?

2. 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?

3. Which black female artist's work does Kiese Laymon set up as a counterpoint to the work of OutKast?

4. At what type of factory did Kiese Laymon's grandmother work for 30 years?

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?

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