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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Carefree and Panicked.
(b) The Goin' Out Blues.
(c) Still Two Americas.
(d) Black and Blue.

2. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?
(a) 48% African American and 52% Caucasian.
(b) 99% Caucasian.
(c) 23% African-American, 48% Caucasian, and 29% Native American.
(d) 99% African-American.

3. The essay entitled "Black and Blue" takes its name from a song by what African-American musician?
(a) Fats Waller.
(b) Jelly Roll Morton.
(c) James Brown.
(d) Muddy Waters.

4. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?
(a) Forget about it.
(b) Become familiar with its underpinnings..
(c) Embrace it.
(d) Learn to live with it.

5. What musician does Kevin Young name as the most prominent example of a white person living as a black person?
(a) Little Richard.
(b) Bobby Darin.
(c) Rufus Wainwright.
(d) Johnny Otis.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of her essay "Message to My Daughters" what does the author say that everyone will be wearing when "that day of Jubilee finally arrives" (215)?

2. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?

3. At what age did the author of "Message to My Daughters" move to Brooklyn?

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

5. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?

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