1. Who is the author of 'Native Son'? Richard Wright James Baldwin Zora Neale Hurston Ralph Ellison

2. What is the name of the central character of 'Native Son'? Jackson Washington Bigger Thomas Rafer Johnson Ben Christmas

3. Who is the author of the novel 'Giovanni's Room'? James Van Der Zee Countee Cullen James Baldwin Toni Morrison

4. In what Faulkner novel is Dilsey a central figure? 'A Light In August' 'Absalom, Absalom!' 'As I Lay Dying' 'Sound and the Fury'

5. In what Toni Morrison novel does the character Milkman Dead travel from Detroit through Montour County in Pennsylvania? 'Jazz' 'The Bluest Eye' 'Song of Solomon' 'Sula'

6. Who wrote the Broadway choreo-poem play, 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf'? Sonja Sanchez Gwendolyn Brooks Nikki Giovanni Ntozake Shange

7. Who was the enslaved woman who is believed to have borne Thomas Jefferson at least four children? Marie Laveau Sally Hemmings Maisie Jane Huston

8. Martin Luther King jr. was assassinated on the balcony of what Memphis hotel? The Audobon The Jackson The Memphis Southern The Lorraine Hotel

9. What African American actor was the title character in the film, 'Sergeant Rutledge'? Ossie Davis Paul Robeson Woody Strode James Earle Jones

10. Olympic long distance runner Kip Keino was from what African country? Chad Kenya Liberia South Africa