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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. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2012.

2. 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) Alto.
(d) Bass.

3. 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?
(a) Learn to live with it.
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Forget about it.
(d) Become familiar with its underpinnings..

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"?
(a) John Peters.
(b) Jacob Wheatley.
(c) John Wheatley.
(d) James Jackson.

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) 3/4.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his essay "Blacker Than Thou," Kevin Young says that "racism's daily injustices are almost" a what "against it" (112)?

2. 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?

3. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?

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

5. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?

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