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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. How often do historians say lynchings of African-Americans occurred in the early decades of the twentieth century?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every four days.
(d) Every month.

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

3. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1901.

4. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In his bed.
(d) In the bathtub.

5. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) Crocodiles and Gila monsters.
(b) Brown rattlesnakes and chameleons.
(c) Copperhead snakes and alligators.
(d) Poison Dart frogs and salamanders.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?

3. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?

4. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?

5. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say is directed toward her by the majority of Americans and has become her dark twin?

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