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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Tradition"; Introduction; Part I, Legacy: "Homegoing, AD"; "The Weight"; "Lonely in America".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The North.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The South.

2. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?
(a) She would have developed a dissociative disorder.
(b) She would have slain her master.
(c) She would have run away.
(d) She would not have survived it.

3. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?
(a) Problematic.
(b) Fractured.
(c) Linear.
(d) Quixotic.

4. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?
(a) Newspaper articles and novels.
(b) Poetry and short stories.
(c) Novels and memoirs.
(d) Novels and short stories.

5. In what city does the author of "The Weight" meet his friend in order to visit the house in which James Baldwin died?
(a) Nice.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Lisbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?

2. What type of internship had the author of "The Weight" been completing when he had first fallen wholly in the love with James Baldwin's works?

3. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?

4. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?

5. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?

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