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

2. 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 write a collection of essays about freed slaves.
(c) To discover more about her own identity.
(d) To publish a rebuttal to

3. 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) Six times.
(c) Eight times.
(d) Ten times.

4. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?
(a) Carlsbad College.
(b) Talladega College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Affinity College.

5. The final line of the poem "Queries of Unrest" references "trying to save them the time of" doing what "to darkness when all they have to do is close their eyes" (100)?
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Burying.
(c) Witnessing.
(d) Planting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?

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

3. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" state was the demographic makeup of her school in the 1970s?

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

5. What adverb is repeated 14 times within the poem "Queries of Unrest"?

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