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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. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) The Manhattan Bridge.
(c) Times Square.
(d) The Golden Gate Bridge.

2. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Flat.
(b) Dry.
(c) Long.
(d) Wide.

3. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?
(a) National Geographic Genographic Project.
(b) Living DNA.
(c) Ancestry DNA.
(d) 23andMe.

4. 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)?
(a) Run fast.
(b) Jump up and down.
(c) Lie down.
(d) Wave.

5. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" name as her own mother's voice type?
(a) Tenor.
(b) Bass.
(c) Alto.
(d) Soprano.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

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

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 name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?

5. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?

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