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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. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?
(a) 12.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

2. In what decade did the the use of blackface begin?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1830s.
(c) 1820s.
(d) 1790s.

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

4. When Kevin Young, the author of "Blacker Than Thou" outlines his next book for the reader, under what type of text does he say his new book falls?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Satire.
(d) Nonfiction.

5. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?
(a) Forget about it.
(b) Learn to live with it.
(c) Embrace it.
(d) Become familiar with its underpinnings..

Short Answer Questions

1. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?

2. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?

3. 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)?

4. 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?

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

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