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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Rose By Any Other Name (pages 47-71).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe the classroom?
(a) A palace of thought.
(b) The road to freedom.
(c) An open, unending forum of ideas.
(d) A jail of other people's interests.

2. To whom is the memoir addressed?
(a) The author's son.
(b) Black Americans.
(c) White Americans.
(d) All Americans.

3. According to the author, slavery transfigured black bodies into:
(a) Beasts of burden.
(b) Hollow shells of former men.
(c) Sugar, tobacco, cotton and gold.
(d) Animals.

4. What did the author find unique about Howard University?
(a) The professors spent time outside with the students.
(b) All the students were wealthy, regardless of race.
(c) Everyone was treated as an equal, regardless of race.
(d) All the students were black, but distinctly unique in culture.

5. Who were the first white people the author knew on a personal level?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Religious zealots.
(c) His editors.
(d) Reporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coats explains that the young men who walk the streets of Baltimore loud and rude do so because:

2. How did the author and his friends illegally obtain alcohol when they were underage?

3. According to the author, navigating the streets of Baltimore is like a:

4. According to the author, the purpose of the public school system is to:

5. What realization does the author have about his university education?

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