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

2. The author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" states that most of the information about Phillis Wheatley comes from a book published how many years after the poet's death?
(a) 25.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 15.

3. What two things does Kevin Young state that people must not have done in a while if they are surprised by "a white lady darkening her skin and curling her hair"? (106)
(a) They have not opened their eyes or taken a walk.
(b) They have not been out of the house or been online.
(c) They have not watched a sitcom or read a book.
(d) They have not read the newspapers or watched the news.

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

5. 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) Jim Crow laws.
(b) The indignities of slavery.
(c) The Middle Passage.
(d) Systemic racism.

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

3. To which book of the Bible does the OutKast song "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)" refer?

4. At what type of factory did Kiese Laymon's grandmother work for 30 years?

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?

(see the answer key)

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