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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. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?
(a) The longing for independence.
(b) The longing to be understood.
(c) The longing to belong.
(d) The longing to be heard.

2. What activity does the author of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution" say his wife is performing as he writes his letter to her?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Nursing their son.
(c) Grocery shopping.
(d) Writing her dissertation.

3. What action does the author of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution" say that one cannot take toward justice if it is to be achieved?
(a) You cannot expect it.
(b) You cannot sneak around it.
(c) You cannot tiptoe toward it.
(d) You cannot ignore it.

4. What is the title of the widely-circulated comic depicting the significant difference between what a white mother says to her son as he walks out the door, versus what a black mother says to her son as he walks out the door?
(a) Carefree and Panicked.
(b) Still Two Americas.
(c) Black and Blue.
(d) The Goin' Out Blues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Onto what feature does the speaker of the poem "Theories of Time and Space" say sand had been dumped to create a man-made beach?

2. What was the name of the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in the streets of Ferguson?

3. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?

4. 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)?

5. To what city did the author of "Black and Blue" move in 1996 in order to attend college?

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