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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. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?
(a) Dismay.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Hope.
(d) Courage.

2. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) Providence, Rhode Island.
(c) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(d) Worcester, Massachusetts.

3. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Playing baseball.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Going for ice cream.

4. 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?
(a) Thomas Carper.
(b) Benjamin Cardin.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Strom Thurmond.

5. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Friendship.
(c) The failures of the federal government.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, A.D." say that she and those with her perform "cuz gator made for water, but children born for land" (18)?

2. 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?

3. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?

4. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?

5. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?

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