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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 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) Soprano.
(c) Bass.
(d) Alto.

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

3. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

4. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?
(a) Benjamin Cardin.
(b) Trent Lott.
(c) Strom Thurmond.
(d) Thomas Carper.

5. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Palm trees.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Magnolia trees.
(d) Palmetto trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?

2. The author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" states that "we must know deep in our bones and in our hearts that if the ancestors survived" what, "we can survive anything" (62)?

3. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

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

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

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