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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 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) Wave.
(c) Jump up and down.
(d) Lie down.

2. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 28.
(b) 42.
(c) 34.
(d) 38.

3. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.

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

5. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?
(a) Problematic.
(b) Quixotic.
(c) Linear.
(d) Fractured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?

2. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say is directed toward her by the majority of Americans and has become her dark twin?

3. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?

4. 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?

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

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