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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following books does Whitcomb assign Ailey’s class?
(a) Slave Auctions in the United States.
(b) Slave Testimony.
(c) Antebellum Economics.
(d) Primer on Husbandry.

2. At which of the following does Ailey pursue a graduate degree?
(a) North Carolina Regents University.
(b) University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
(c) Campbell University.
(d) Duke University.

3. Ailey reads an article by whom?
(a) QK Philander Doesticks.
(b) JQ Thelonious Johnson.
(c) JK Phillippius Bucktwig.
(d) Bob Smith.

4. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of IX?
(a) “The Talented Tenth.”
(b) “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”
(c) “Evolution of the Negro.”
(d) “The Black Belt.”

5. Which of the following picks Ailey up from the airport?
(a) David.
(b) Horace.
(c) Boukie.
(d) Geoffrey.

6. Which of the following is emphatically off of the menu at the restaurant Velma runs?
(a) Garden salad.
(b) Collard greens.
(c) Coleslaw.
(d) Potato salad.

7. For what county does Jeremiah work as a slave patroller?
(a) Fulton.
(b) Poth.
(c) Putnam.
(d) Forsyth.

8. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of VIII?
(a) Darkwater.
(b) Their Eyes Were Watching God.
(c) The Souls of Black Folk.
(d) Jordan.

9. From which tribe does Holcomb hail?
(a) Apache.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Osage.
(d) Creek.

10. To which of the following societies was Jeffers elected a member?
(a) American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(b) African-American Scholars’ Union.
(c) Modern Language Association.
(d) American Antiquarian Society.

11. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of X?
(a) “The Individual and Social Conscience.”
(b) “The Talented Tenth.”
(c) “Evolution of the Negro.”
(d) “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”

12. In what county do Lydia and Dante wed?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Floyd.
(c) Forsyth.
(d) Fulton.

13. What is the name of Lydia’s therapist in rehab?
(a) Fairground.
(b) Highland.
(c) Highground.
(d) Fairland.

14. With which of the following does Song (5) begin?
(a) “Even in a place of sorrow, time passes.”
(b) “Yes.”
(c) “The fault of how Samuel Pinchard, the man who would be known by the Negroes on his land as ‘Master,’ became an atrocity…”
(d) “When Aidan Franklin settled his second wife and his many children in the cabin…”

15. What is the name of the archive librarian at Ailey’s graduate school?
(a) Ms. Craven.
(b) Dr. Coward.
(c) Mrs. Ransom.
(d) Mr. Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year does Gideon Franklin come to what would become Georgia?

2. What is the name of the founder of the university where Ailey pursues graduate study?

3. Which of the following is Oludara’s scholarly rival?

4. Which of the following clubs does Lydia note having preferred?

5. Which of the following does Lydia note preferring?

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