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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. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

2. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say is directed toward her by the majority of Americans and has become her dark twin?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Pity.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Disdain.

3. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The North.
(b) The West.
(c) The East.
(d) The South.

4. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Clementine.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Susannah.

5. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Phyllis Wheatley.
(d) Langston Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?

2. What distinction does a senior editor announce as applying to the author of "The Weight" during the first week of his internship?

3. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

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

5. 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?

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