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

2. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) In the backyard.
(b) In the bathtub.
(c) In his bed.
(d) On the porch.

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

4. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
(a) Timothy Loehmann.
(b) George Zimmerman.
(c) Frank Garmback.
(d) Roy Oliver.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say is directed toward her by the majority of Americans and has become her dark twin?

2. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?

3. In what city does the author of "The Weight" meet his friend in order to visit the house in which James Baldwin died?

4. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?

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

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