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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 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?
(a) Racism.
(b) Friendship.
(c) The failures of the federal government.
(d) Poverty.

2. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) In the backyard.

3. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?
(a) Jacob Wheatley.
(b) John Peters.
(c) James Jackson.
(d) John Wheatley.

4. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?
(a) Going for ice cream.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Playing baseball.
(d) Playing the piano.

5. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?
(a) Five times.
(b) Eight times.
(c) Six times.
(d) Ten times.

Short Answer Questions

1. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?

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

3. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?

4. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?

5. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?

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