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. What author does the poem "Queries of Unrest" reference in its dedication?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

3. Besides Phillis Wheatley, at least how many other slaves did her master own during his lifetime?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

4. The biography of Phillis Wheatley published in 1834 called Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, was written by a woman who claimed to be a what of Phillis Wheatley's former mistress?
(a) "A kissing cousin" (65).
(b) "An incidental family member" (65).
(c) "A collateral descendant" (65).
(d) "A distant relative" (65).

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) Witnessing.
(b) Ignoring.
(c) Burying.
(d) Planting.

Short Answer Questions

1. When all flags in the United States flew at half staff after the killings at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, which state did not lower its Confederate flag on state-house grounds?

2. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?

3. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

4. What is the term used for a person's ability to be regarded as belonging to a different race, culture, or group different from their own?

5. In what year was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?

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