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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. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?
2. When the author of the essay "Black and Blue" was warned by university officials to avoid walking in certain areas of the city, what threat does he mistakenly think he is being warned about?
3. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
4. From what state does Kevin Young say that his family hails?
5. Which black female artist's work does Kiese Laymon set up as a counterpoint to the work of OutKast?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways did Kiese Laymon feel validated and inspired by the words of Andre 3000 at the Source Awards of 1995?
2. What details does Kiese Laymon use in order to depict his grandmother's identity to the reader?
3. What two categories does Kevin Young say white thinking or acting out about being black almost always fall into and what example does he give for each category he names?
4. 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)?
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 is repetition employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?
7. What distinction does Kiese Laymon make between "stank" and "freshness" (118) in his essay "Da Art of Storytellin' (A Prequel)"?
8. How does the poem "Queries of Unrest" connect to the part of the collection that it opens, entitled Reckoning?
9. 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?
10. What contrast does the author of "Black and Blue" set up by using a quote from Fats Waller and a quote by Walt Whitman prior to the body of his essay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze how the author of "Blacker Than Thou" uses humor as a way to gain entry into the serious subject of cultural appropriation both historical and current.
Essay Topic 2
Determine the main message put forth within Natasha Trethewey's poem "Theories of Time and Space" and use examples and concrete details from the poem to prove your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Many pieces within the collection The Fire This Time include commentary about how the arts, including literature, public murals, and other forms of art, can help to heal the pain caused by racial inequality and can even act as catalysts for progress in this area. Choose three pieces that include commentary about the value of art and compare and contrast their messages regarding the arts' ability to heal an ailing society.
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