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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. 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) Great-aunt Louise.
(b) Uncle Chester.
(c) Aunt Lou.
(d) Grandmama.

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

3. In what New Orleans area cemetery is the author of "Lonely in America's" family buried?
(a) Greenwood Cemetery.
(b) Calvary Cemetery.
(c) Normandy Cemetery.
(d) Holt Cemetery.

4. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?
(a) Renaissance.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) Restoration.
(d) Revitalization.

5. The author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" states that "we must know deep in our bones and in our hearts that if the ancestors survived" what, "we can survive anything" (62)?
(a) The Middle Passage.
(b) Systemic racism.
(c) Jim Crow laws.
(d) The indignities of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?

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

3. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?

4. How many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?

5. How often do historians say lynchings of African-Americans occurred in the early decades of the twentieth century?

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