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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. 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?
(a) "A distant relative" (65).
(b) "An incidental family member" (65).
(c) "A collateral descendant" (65).
(d) "A kissing cousin" (65).

2. 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.

3. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?
(a) The longing to be heard.
(b) The longing to be understood.
(c) The longing for independence.
(d) The longing to belong.

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

5. 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?
(a) Bell hooks.
(b) Henry Dumas.
(c) Sergei Dovlatov.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what ultimate purpose does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" start her search for primary sources regarding Phillis Wheatley's life?

2. 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)?

3. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?

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

5. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?

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