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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?
(a) Novels and short stories.
(b) Poetry and short stories.
(c) Newspaper articles and novels.
(d) Novels and memoirs.

2. What term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?
(a) The Chasm.
(b) The Fatwa.
(c) The Nadir.
(d) The Fakir.

3. What does Emily Raboteau name as her first instinct when she first sees the first Know Your Rights mural in her neighborhood?
(a) To cry.
(b) To take a picture.
(c) To show her son.
(d) To turn away.

4. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
(a) Because she does not like to infringe upon Kiese's privacy.
(b) Because Kiese is the only black person she knows in Oxford.
(c) Because there is a music festival happening in her hometown.
(d) Because her health is too poor for such a long trip.

5. Which black female artist's work does Kiese Laymon set up as a counterpoint to the work of OutKast?
(a) Missy Elliott.
(b) Lauryn Hill.
(c) Jill Scott.
(d) Queen Latifah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?

2. To begin the essay "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning," Claudia Rankine relates a story about a friend of hers who had just given birth to a baby boy and whose first thought upon his birth was how she could get him out of the country. This thought occurred to her even before she had performed what two actions?

3. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?

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

5. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?

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