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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 innoculation.
(b) An insurance policy.
(c) Weapon.
(d) An argument.

2. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A wedding anniversary.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A birth.
(d) A wedding.

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

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

5. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1773.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?

2. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?

3. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

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. Who founded the college in Alabama that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended?

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