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Citizen: An American Lyric Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the author’s purpose in including Mark Duggan, from England, in Chapter 6? (from Chapter 6)

To show that racism and prejudice know no boundaries.

To show that white people hate black people the world over.

To show that there will always be conflict between the races.

To show that there is another way, instead of the violence.

2.

In Chapter 6, what had happened previously at the Jena High School that indicated racial tension was coming to a boiling point? (from Chapter 6)

Someone burned a cross on the football field.

There were racially charged posters that kept being put up.

There had already been arrests earlier in the week.

Someone hung nooses over the branches of the ‘white tree’ in the center of the school yard.

3.

In Chapter 1, two mothers of college students are visiting a campus, but the white mother is upset. Why? (from Chapters 1 and 2)

She blames Affirmative Action for her child not getting into his first choice of Ivy League schools.

She is upset that the school where her son attends allows black professors.

She is upset that her son was removed from the roster because he is black.

She tells the other mother that she is upset because her son has dropped out of college.

4.

In Chapter 5, what is the man’s excuse for cutting in front of the author at the drugstore? (from Chapter 5)

He was in a hurry.

He didn’t see her standing there.

It was an emergency.

He didn’t like her.

5.

In Chapter 2, who is Hennessy Youngman? (from Chapters 1 and 2)

A black artist that was arrested for putting up graphic graffiti on the town hall.

A black artist that was arrested for his aggressive videos.

A friend of the author’s.

A black artist that makes videos on YouTube encouraging the use of rage to sell art.

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