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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
(a) Because there is a music festival happening in her hometown.
(b) Because she does not like to infringe upon Kiese's privacy.
(c) Because her health is too poor for such a long trip.
(d) Because Kiese is the only black person she knows in Oxford.

2. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?
(a) Trent Lott.
(b) Strom Thurmond.
(c) Benjamin Cardin.
(d) Thomas Carper.

3. The author of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution" says that three weeks before his writing of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution," he and his wife had been in what country?
(a) Chile.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Haiti.

4. What object does the speaker of the poem "Theories of Time and Space" say will be waiting for the reader's return after he sails to Ship Island?
(a) A new perspective.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A hint of regret.
(d) A photograph.

5. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Danticat includes a snippet of the letter she often tries to write to her daughters, what two words does the author of "Message to My Daughters" write before signing the letter?

2. In what decade did the the use of blackface begin?

3. At the end of her essay "Message to My Daughters" what does the author say that everyone will be wearing when "that day of Jubilee finally arrives" (215)?

4. For how many hours was Michael Brown's body left facedown in the street after being shot six times by police in Ferguson?

5. When Kevin Young, the author of "Blacker Than Thou" outlines his next book for the reader, under what type of text does he say his new book falls?

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