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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Legacy: "Where Do We Go from Here?"; "The Dear Pledges of Our Love: A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"; "White Rage"; "Cracking the Code".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The popping corn.
(b) The paper mill.
(c) The magnolia tree.
(d) The sea air.

3. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?
(a) None.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

5. 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) Optimism.
(c) Hope.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?

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

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

4. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?

5. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?

(see the answer key)

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