View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue – Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?
(a) "Work buys freedom."
(b) "Harder and faster."
(c) "Out of sight, out of mind."
(d) "The cream rises to the top."

2. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) The Who.
(b) The Beegees.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) Neil Young.

3. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On Constitution Avenue.
(b) On Rockefeller Street.
(c) On Roosevelt Avenue.
(d) On the Avenue of America.

4. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Green Lantern.
(b) Aquaman.
(c) Batman.
(d) Superman.

5. What single phrase comprises Chapter 2?
(a) "Where we going?"
(b) "White boy, stop."
(c) "Up or down?"
(d) "Westside, nigger! What?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?

2. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?

3. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

4. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 221 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample