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 type of internship had the author of "The Weight" been completing when he had first fallen wholly in the love with James Baldwin's works?
(a) A publishing internship.
(b) A professorial internship.
(c) A reporting internship.
(d) A carpentry internship.

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

3. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?
(a) Six times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Ten times.
(d) Eight times.

4. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Palmetto trees.
(b) Magnolia trees.
(c) Apple trees.
(d) Palm trees.

5. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

Short Answer 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?

2. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?

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

4. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?

5. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?

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