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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?
(a) 48% African American and 52% Caucasian.
(b) 99% African-American.
(c) 23% African-American, 48% Caucasian, and 29% Native American.
(d) 99% Caucasian.

2. At what university did Kevin Young teach for five years?
(a) The University of Georgia.
(b) The University of Massachusetts.
(c) The University of Washington.
(d) The University of Iowa.

3. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?
(a) Blackfoot.
(b) Choctaw.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Sioux.

4. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" imagined himself in childhood as the Jamaican version of what fictional character?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Robinson Crusoe.
(d) Holden Caulfield.

5. How many men does Mitchell Jackson name as belonging to his group of father figures?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her audiences does Kiese Laymon say his grandmother had considered to be the most important audience of her work?

2. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" states that seeing a lone woman walking at night in Jamaica was as common a sight as the sight of what mythic creature?

3. What belief did Kiese Laymon's grandmother hold that he points to as the only reason he is alive?

4. What adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?

5. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?

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