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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue – Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?
(a) The Blue Future of Life.
(b) The Planning of Change.
(c) The Faith and the Fury.
(d) The Path to Enlightenment.

2. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?
(a) On Rockefeller Street.
(b) On Constitution Avenue.
(c) On Roosevelt Avenue.
(d) On the Avenue of America.

3. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?
(a) A dysfunctional plutocracy.
(b) An unwavering democracy.
(c) A romantic failure.
(d) An egalitarian empire.

4. What is the case number for "Me v. the United States of America" (20)?
(a) 656-231.
(b) 09-2606.
(c) 25-1231.
(d) 06-5612.

5. What does the narrator lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) Court appearances.
(b) Ghetto physics.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Racial interactions.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?

2. Whom does the narrator describe in Chapter 1 as "the bitch next door and my only true love" during his childhood?

3. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

4. When was the town where the narrator grew up founded?

5. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

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