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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. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Henry Dumas.
(c) Sergei Dovlatov.
(d) Bell hooks.

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) Alto.
(b) Soprano.
(c) Tenor.
(d) Bass.

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

4. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?
(a) Hope.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Courage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a letter from Phillis Wheatley to the artist Obour Tanner, Wheatley relates the death of her mistress, saying that her mistress had treated her less like a "servant" (67) and more like a what?

2. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?

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

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

5. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?

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