This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Eight million.
(c) Three million.
(d) Six million.

2. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?
(a) An indentured servitude.
(b) An apprenticeship.
(c) An internship.
(d) A volunteer position.

3. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Dry.
(b) Long.
(c) Flat.
(d) Wide.

4. 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) Thomas Carper.
(b) Trent Lott.
(c) Strom Thurmond.
(d) Benjamin Cardin.

5. What does Kevin Young say in his essay "Blacker Than Thou" that "you have to do...with white people from time to time" (105)?
(a) Throw them a bone.
(b) Wake them up.
(c) Let them win.
(d) Humor them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" states that "we must know deep in our bones and in our hearts that if the ancestors survived" what, "we can survive anything" (62)?

2. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

3. When Kevin Young states that being black is not a feeling and is not "simply a state of mind" (109), what does he say blackness is instead?

4. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?

5. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?

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