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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?
(a) Talladega College.
(b) Carlsbad College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Affinity College.

2. When Kevin Young writes that being black is not a paid position, to what type of position does he liken it instead?
(a) An apprenticeship.
(b) A volunteer position.
(c) An internship.
(d) An indentured servitude.

3. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
(a) Susannah.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Clementine.
(d) Savannah.

4. At what age had the author of the essay "Black and Blue" begun walking in Jamaica after dark?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

5. When Kevin Young states that being black is not a feeling and is not "simply a state of mind" (109), what does he say blackness is instead?
(a) A way of being.
(b) A way of believing.
(c) A way of acting.
(d) A way of living.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?

2. What term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?

3. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?

4. What was the first OutKast album Kiese Laymon ever heard?

5. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?

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