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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 34.
(b) 42.
(c) 28.
(d) 38.

2. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?
(a) "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
(b) "The Spider and the Fly."
(c) "Upon the Burning of Our House."
(d) "On Being Brought from Africa to America."

3. What distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?
(a) Least educated intern.
(b) First black intern.
(c) First gay intern.
(d) Youngest intern.

4. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?
(a) Times Square.
(b) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) The Manhattan Bridge.

5. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?
(a) 8 million.
(b) Two million.
(c) Six million.
(d) 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?

2. From what state does Kevin Young say that his family hails?

3. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?

4. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?

5. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?

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