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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what country did Rachel Dolezal falsely claim to have lived?
2. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?
3. To what danger is the author of the essay "Black and Blue" referring when he writes, "The streets had their own safety. Unlike at home, there I could be myself without fear of bodily harm" (130)?
4. In what decade did the the use of blackface begin?
5. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kevin Young identify as the main problem with Rachel Dolezal's claim of African ancestry?
2. Who does Claudia Rankine name as the person who created "a new pathway for how to think about a lynched body" (147) and what does she mean?
3. What event does the author of "Composite Pops" name as the one that taught him that he must be able to save himself?
4. Why does Kevin Young insert "[name withheld]" rather than naming the killer responsible for the murders in Charleston?
5. Name at least three actions that the author of "Composite Pops" attributes to all of the men he describes as Pops, his composite father.
6. How does Kevin Young, the author of the essay "Blacker Than Thou" support his point that similarities and solidarity among black people are more about culture than about physical appearances?
7. What details does Kiese Laymon use in order to depict his grandmother's identity to the reader?
8. What is People's Justice and what is the organization's goal?
9. What was the object mentioned in the very first lines of OutKast's music first heard by Kiese Laymon and why did the object's mention draw him in?
10. What does the author of "Composite Pops" say that a boy must do if he is "not blessed with a father or gifted with a dynamic stand-in" (180)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Conduct a deep analysis of Garnette Cadogan's intended audience for his essay "Black and Blue." What are the characteristics of his intended audience and what elements of his essay prove the characteristics he expects his audience to have? Be sure to amply prove your determinations of audience characteristics using concrete details and examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Many different areas of the United States are discussed within the works included in The Fire This Time. Discuss the sense of place contained in three particular essays and how the discussion of the sense of place helps each author further his or her message regarding race in America.
Essay Topic 3
Conduct an analysis of the rhetorical devices used by the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" in order to assert her claim that shared grief is the key to unifying the United States in its pursuit of racial equality.
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