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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 adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?
(a) Ostensibly.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Possibly.
(d) Perhaps.

2. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Frank Garmback.
(c) Roy Oliver.
(d) Timothy Loehmann.

3. What author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.
(d) James Baldwin.

4. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?
(a) Jacob Wheatley.
(b) John Peters.
(c) John Wheatley.
(d) James Jackson.

5. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

Short Answer 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?

2. Though Mitchell Jackson's father lived no more than a bike ride away from his mother's home, for how many formative years of his life was Mitchell's father absent?

3. What distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?

4. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?

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

(see the answer key)

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