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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 adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?
(a) Ostensibly.
(b) Possibly.
(c) Perhaps.
(d) Maybe.

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Theories of Time and Space" say will be waiting for the reader's return after he sails to Ship Island?
(a) A new perspective.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A hint of regret.
(d) A photograph.

3. How many of Mitchell Jackson's father figures were biologically related to him?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.

4. To which book of the Bible does the OutKast song "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2)" refer?
(a) Revelations.
(b) Job.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Psalms.

5. At what university did Kevin Young teach for five years?
(a) The University of Washington.
(b) The University of Massachusetts.
(c) The University of Georgia.
(d) The University of Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The biography of Phillis Wheatley published in 1834 called Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, was written by a woman who claimed to be a what of Phillis Wheatley's former mistress?

2. When Danticat includes a snippet of the letter she often tries to write to her daughters, what two words does the author of "Message to My Daughters" write before signing the letter?

3. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?

4. Where was the author of "Message to My Daughters" born?

5. What profession did the father of the author of "Message to My Daughters" hold in Brooklyn as he was growing up?

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