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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Legacy: "Where Do We Go from Here?"; "The Dear Pledges of Our Love: A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"; "White Rage"; "Cracking the Code".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The biography of Phillis Wheatley published in 1834 called Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, was written by a woman who claimed to be a what of Phillis Wheatley's former mistress?
(a) "A kissing cousin" (65).
(b) "An incidental family member" (65).
(c) "A distant relative" (65).
(d) "A collateral descendant" (65).

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The magnolia tree.
(b) The popping corn.
(c) The sea air.
(d) The paper mill.

3. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In the bathtub.
(c) In the backyard.
(d) In his bed.

4. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" name as her own mother's voice type?
(a) Soprano.
(b) Tenor.
(c) Bass.
(d) Alto.

5. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 3/4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?

3. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

4. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?

5. For what ultimate purpose does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" start her search for primary sources regarding Phillis Wheatley's life?

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