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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 city does the author of "The Weight" meet his friend in order to visit the house in which James Baldwin died?
(a) Nice.
(b) Paris.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Berlin.

2. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?
(a) Preceding Southern black women workers.
(b) The women at her church.
(c) White male shift managers.
(d) Upcoming Southern black women workers.

3. 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?
(a) Eight million.
(b) Ten million.
(c) Six million.
(d) Three million.

4. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The East.
(b) The South.
(c) The North.
(d) The West.

5. Over what river does The High Bridge in New York City pass?
(a) The East River.
(b) The Bronx River.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) The Harlem River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?

3. 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?

4. What does Emily Raboteau say had been the primary goal of the perpetrator of the previous week's tragedy on the day her family walks over The High Bridge?

5. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?

(see the answer key)

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