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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

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

2. 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) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/4.

3. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?
(a) Embrace it.
(b) Learn to live with it.
(c) Forget about it.
(d) Become familiar with its underpinnings..

4. What profession did the father of the author of "Message to My Daughters" hold in Brooklyn as he was growing up?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Baker.
(d) Bicycle messenger.

5. 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) Six million.
(b) Ten million.
(c) Eight million.
(d) Three million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?

2. Why was Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden prohibited from coming close to her son's body during the time he lay in the street?

3. What does Emily Raboteau say had been the primary goal of the perpetrator of the previous week's tragedy on the day her family walks over The High Bridge?

4. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?

5. 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)?

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