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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. 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) Hope.
(b) Depression.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Joy.

2. What term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?
(a) The Fakir.
(b) The Fatwa.
(c) The Chasm.
(d) The Nadir.

3. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
(a) Clementine.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Susannah.
(d) Melanie.

4. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?
(a) Aunt Lou.
(b) Great-aunt Louise.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Uncle Chester.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?

2. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?

3. How often do historians say lynchings of African-Americans occurred in the early decades of the twentieth century?

4. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?

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?

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