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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?
(a) "Upon the Burning of Our House."
(b) "On Being Brought from Africa to America."
(c) "The Spider and the Fly."
(d) "To My Dear and Loving Husband."

2. Though Mitchell Jackson's father lived no more than a bike ride away from his mother's home, for how many formative years of his life was Mitchell's father absent?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. 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?
(a) Benjamin Cardin.
(b) Thomas Carper.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Strom Thurmond.

4. Kevin Young begins his essay "Blacker Than Thou" by discussing which movie in which Steve Martin plays the lead role?
(a) The Pink Panther.
(b) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
(c) The Three Amigos.
(d) The Jerk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?

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. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?

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)?

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