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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 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?
(a) A publishing internship.
(b) A carpentry internship.
(c) A professorial internship.
(d) A reporting internship.

2. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Twitter.
(c) Foursquare.
(d) Snapchat.

3. 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) Strom Thurmond.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Benjamin Cardin.

4. Of what feeling does the author of "Lonely in America" say she had been trying to cure in herself as a "strategy to ward off future misery" (34)?
(a) Depression.
(b) Hope.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Joy.

5. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2012.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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