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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. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?
(a) Her ancestry is 68% European.
(b) Her ancestry is only 33% African.
(c) Her ancestry is 42% Native American.
(d) Her ancestry is over 70% African.

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

3. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Phyllis Wheatley.
(d) James Baldwin.

4. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

5. In the essay "Where Do We Go from Here?", continual progress for African-Americans is claimed to be a what?
(a) A reason for hope.
(b) A myth.
(c) A birthright.
(d) A moral certainty.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?

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

3. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?

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

5. What action does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, A.D." say that she and those with her perform "cuz gator made for water, but children born for land" (18)?

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