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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 was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

2. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 38.
(b) 42.
(c) 34.
(d) 28.

3. The author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" states that "we must know deep in our bones and in our hearts that if the ancestors survived" what, "we can survive anything" (62)?
(a) The Middle Passage.
(b) The indignities of slavery.
(c) Jim Crow laws.
(d) Systemic racism.

4. At what university did Kevin Young teach for five years?
(a) The University of Iowa.
(b) The University of Georgia.
(c) The University of Washington.
(d) The University of Massachusetts.

5. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The East.
(b) The South.
(c) The North.
(d) The West.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?

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

3. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?

4. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?

5. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

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