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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 his essay "Blacker Than Thou," Kevin Young says that "racism's daily injustices are almost" a what "against it" (112)?
(a) An insurance policy.
(b) An argument.
(c) An innoculation.
(d) Weapon.

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?
(a) Six times.
(b) Eight times.
(c) Ten times.
(d) Five times.

3. 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?
(a) 1 million.
(b) Six million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) Two million.

4. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?
(a) "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
(b) "On Being Brought from Africa to America."
(c) "Upon the Burning of Our House."
(d) "The Spider and the Fly."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kevin Young say in his essay "Blacker Than Thou" that "you have to do...with white people from time to time" (105)?

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

3. In what city does the author of "The Weight" meet his friend in order to visit the house in which James Baldwin died?

4. Kiese Laymon reports that it "was only after listening to ATLliens" that he realized where he needed to go as a human being and an artist. What did he decide he needed to do?

5. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?

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