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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 many hours does the road trip described in "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones last?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 20.

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

3. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?
(a) Jesmyn Ward.
(b) Jessica Walsh.
(c) Jasmine Walker.
(d) James Thurber.

4. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?
(a) Every 4-6 days.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every 2-3 days.
(d) Every 5-8 days.

5. 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 Chasm.
(b) The Fatwa.
(c) The Nadir.
(d) The Fakir.

Short Answer Questions

1. The biography of Phillis Wheatley published in 1834 called Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, was written by a woman who claimed to be a what of Phillis Wheatley's former mistress?

2. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

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

4. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?

5. 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?

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