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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. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" imagined himself in childhood as the Jamaican version of what fictional character?
2. In what Jamaican city did Garnette Cadogan, the author of the essay "Black and Blue," grow up?
3. What record does The High Bridge hold within New York City?
4. At what type of factory did Kiese Laymon's grandmother work for 30 years?
5. 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)?
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 does Kevin Young identify as the main problem with Rachel Dolezal's claim of African ancestry?
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 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?
5. How is repetition employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?
6. What is People's Justice and what is the organization's goal?
7. How does Garnette Cadogan misunderstand the advice of the university officials who tell him to walk only in certain areas of New Orleans after his move there to attend college?
8. 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?
9. How is paradox employed within the poem "Queries of Unrest" and to what effect?
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
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 2
Several essays in the collection The Fire This Time point out differences between being black in America and being black in other parts of the world. Choose three of these essays and use concrete details and examples from each in order to make a claim regarding each author's message about the contrast between black life in America versus black life in other areas of the world.
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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