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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1768.

2. What tragic event had occurred the week before Emily Raboteau took her family on a walk over The High Bridge?
(a) The Columbine shootings.
(b) Michael Brown's murder.
(c) Tamir Rice's murder.
(d) The church massacre in Charleston.

3. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) Brown rattlesnakes and chameleons.
(b) Crocodiles and Gila monsters.
(c) Copperhead snakes and alligators.
(d) Poison Dart frogs and salamanders.

4. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

5. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?

2. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?

3. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?

4. The author of the essay "Black and Blue" imagined himself in childhood as the Jamaican version of what fictional character?

5. When the author of the essay "Black and Blue" was warned by university officials to avoid walking in certain areas of the city, what threat does he mistakenly think he is being warned about?

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