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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 term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?
(a) The Chasm.
(b) The Nadir.
(c) The Fakir.
(d) The Fatwa.

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

3. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A birth.
(d) A wedding anniversary.

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

5. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Wide.
(b) Flat.
(c) Long.
(d) Dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what New Orleans area cemetery is the author of "Lonely in America's" family buried?

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

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

4. The author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" states that "we must know deep in our bones and in our hearts that if the ancestors survived" what, "we can survive anything" (62)?

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

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