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 month.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every four days.
(d) Every day.

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?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

3. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A birth.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A wedding anniversary.

4. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Six million.
(c) Three million.
(d) Eight million.

5. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Blackfoot.
(d) Choctaw.

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. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?

3. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

4. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?

5. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?

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