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

2. For which organization did Rachel Dolezal serve as a chapter president before the news broke that she was feigning her African-American ancestry?
(a) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(b) The National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.
(c) The National Urban League.
(d) Jack and Jill of America.

3. How often do historians say lynchings of African-Americans occurred in the early decades of the twentieth century?
(a) Every month.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every week.
(d) Every four days.

4. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" states that seeing a lone woman walking at night in Jamaica was as common a sight as the sight of what mythic creature?
(a) Unicorn.
(b) Leprechaun.
(c) Loch Ness Monster.
(d) Sasquatch.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Kiese Laymon was busy analyzing the Outkast song "Wailin'," what was he supposed to be doing instead?

4. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?

5. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?

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