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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 – 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as Hominy's favorite room at the BDSM club in Chapter 6?
(a) The Black Chamber.
(b) The Blue Room.
(c) The Bastille Room.
(d) The Red Room.

2. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) May 12, 1965.
(b) June 17, 1859.
(c) October 17, 1838.
(d) May 13, 1832.

3. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?
(a) Jurisprudence.
(b) Logic.
(c) Opulence.
(d) Egalitarianism.

4. In Chapter 9, the narrator says that "history isn't the paper it's printed on" (144). What does he assert history is instead?
(a) A people.
(b) Time's passing.
(c) Memory.
(d) A dream.

5. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?
(a) September 12.
(b) June 16.
(c) March 19.
(d) May 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?

2. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?

3. What does "RTD" stand for (118)?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 7 that "One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called" what (93-94)?

5. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?

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