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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 two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?
(a) Serene and sterile.
(b) Stately and grand.
(c) Stark and futuristic.
(d) Blinding and sterile.

2. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?
(a) 23andMe.
(b) Ancestry DNA.
(c) Living DNA.
(d) National Geographic Genographic Project.

3. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Playing baseball.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Going for ice cream.

4. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?
(a) Trinity College.
(b) Affinity College.
(c) Talladega College.
(d) Carlsbad College.

5. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?
(a) Aunt Lou.
(b) Great-aunt Louise.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Uncle Chester.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?

3. 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)?

4. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

5. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?

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