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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Queries of Unrest"; "Blacker Than Thou"; "Da Art of Storytellin' (a Prequel)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
(a) Because Kiese is the only black person she knows in Oxford.
(b) Because her health is too poor for such a long trip.
(c) Because there is a music festival happening in her hometown.
(d) Because she does not like to infringe upon Kiese's privacy.

2. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1768.
(d) 1832.

3. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Clementine.
(d) Susannah.

4. What finding in the results of Jesmyn Ward's genetic testing results shocked her?
(a) Her ancestry is 42% Native American.
(b) Her ancestry is only 33% African.
(c) Her ancestry is over 70% African.
(d) Her ancestry is 68% European.

5. 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) Kentucky.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?

2. In what city does the author of "The Weight" meet his friend in order to visit the house in which James Baldwin died?

3. 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?

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

5. In his essay "Blacker Than Thou," Kevin Young says that "racism's daily injustices are almost" a what "against it" (112)?

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