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Stu Bykofsky: Wright or wrong? Take the 'Audacity of a Dope' Quiz

ONCE AGAIN, R-A-C-E has emerged as the thorniest rose in American life and politics. Barack Obama's powerful speech on Tuesday may have laid it to rest (for now). Before we wave bye-bye to the trapped-in-the-'50s (1950s? 1850s? 1750s?), attic-crazy Rev. Jeremiah Wright, let's salute him with a multiple-choice quiz:

ONCE AGAIN, R-A-C-E has emerged as the thorniest rose in American life and politics. Barack Obama's powerful speech on Tuesday may have laid it to rest (for now). Before we wave bye-bye to the trapped-in-the-'50s (1950s? 1850s? 1750s?), attic-crazy Rev. Jeremiah Wright, let's salute him with a multiple-choice quiz:

1. Wright served in the military. (Ours!) He enlisted in which branch of service?

a) Air (hot)

b) Navy (froggyman)

c) Marines (technician)

d) Army (flamethrower division)

2. He is a graduate of which Philadelphia high school?

a) Creative & Performing Arts

b) Saul Agricultural

c) Central

d) Lincoln

3. In the dictionary, "Jeremiah" is a:

a) bullfrog

b) curious hairstyle

c) pessimistic person who foresees a calamitous future

d) new Microsoft Xbox game

4. In a memorable sermon, Wright called on God to "(blank) America":

a) save

b) bless

c) damn

d) go out dancing with

5. From the pulpit, he referred to the U.S.A. as the:

a) AFL-CIO

b) U.S.S.R.

c) U.S. of KKKA

d) FOP

6. Wright irrationally accused the U.S.A. of:

a) preferring vanilla over chocolate

b) giving free iPhones to illegals

c) starting AIDS in black communities

d) inventing the fork

7. Wright preached that America brought the 9/11 attack on itself because we:

a) didn't elect Jesse Jackson president

b) traded Allen Iverson to Denver

c) A-bombed Japan to end World War II

d) offended some Muslims with an African-American woman secretary of state

8. The motto of Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ is:

a) We are separatist and proud

b) Turning the other cheek ain't us

c) Unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian

d) You want fries with that?

9. Wright's theatrical style mimics:

a) Michael Savage

b) Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

c) Rev. Jimmy Swaggart

d) CNBC's Jim Cramer

10. Under Wright's leadership, Trinity gave a lifetime-achievement award to:

a) Hugh Hefner

b) Hugh Douglas

c) Louis Farrakhan

d) Lt. Uhuru

11. Obama asked Wright to skip the formal kickoff of his campaign because:

a) he was short of hors d'oeuvres

b) Wright's dashikis look crazy on TV

c) he feared Wright's racial rants would go public

d) Wright has a "gas problem"

12. The title of Obama's book, suggested by a Wright sermon, is:

a) The Man from Hope

b) Don't Sit and Mope

c) The Audacity of Hope

d) Beat Up on the White Dope

13. Looking at sermon excerpts, the flamboyant Wright comes across as:

a) half crazy

b) Froot Loop-y

c) a bitter prisoner of America's racist past

d) a snappy dresser

14. Oprah campaigned for Obama. Wright will campaign for Obama:

a) on the coldest day hell has ever known

b) in Watts

c) never.

The correct answer to all is (c).