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

2. 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) Affinity College.
(b) Trinity College.
(c) Talladega College.
(d) Carlsbad College.

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

4. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?
(a) She would have slain her master.
(b) She would not have survived it.
(c) She would have developed a dissociative disorder.
(d) She would have run away.

5. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?
(a) Novels and memoirs.
(b) Newspaper articles and novels.
(c) Poetry and short stories.
(d) Novels and short stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?

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

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. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?

5. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?

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