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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. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
(a) Phyllis Wheatley.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Ralph Ellison.
(d) Langston Hughes.

2. When Kiese Laymon was busy analyzing the Outkast song "Wailin'," what was he supposed to be doing instead?
(a) Applying to graduate schools.
(b) Baking a rhubarb pie for his grandmother.
(c) Writing a paper about "The Cask of Amontillado."
(d) Applying for jobs.

3. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Wide.
(b) Long.
(c) Dry.
(d) Flat.

4. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 2/3.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What song did President Barack Obama sing at the funeral for those killed in the Emanuel Mother Church massacre?

3. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?

4. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?

5. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?

(see the answer key)

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