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

2. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?
(a) Unconstitutional.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Justified.
(d) Legal.

3. 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?
(a) To write a series of poems about Phillis Wheatley.
(b) To discover more about her own identity.
(c) To publish a rebuttal to
(d) To write a collection of essays about freed slaves.

4. The author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" states that most of the information about Phillis Wheatley comes from a book published how many years after the poet's death?
(a) 75.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

5. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?
(a) Stark and futuristic.
(b) Stately and grand.
(c) Serene and sterile.
(d) Blinding and sterile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?

2. 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?

3. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?

4. In a letter from Phillis Wheatley to the artist Obour Tanner, Wheatley relates the death of her mistress, saying that her mistress had treated her less like a "servant" (67) and more like a what?

5. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?

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