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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Jubilee: "Theories of Time and Space"; "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"; "Message to My Daughters".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 collateral descendant" (65).
(b) "A distant relative" (65).
(c) "A kissing cousin" (65).
(d) "An incidental family member" (65).

2. When discussing the murders at Emanuel Methodist Church, the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" states, "But Dylann Storm Roof did not create himself from" (146) what element?
(a) From nothing.
(b) From the foundation of a strong upbringing.
(c) From God's image.
(d) From a place of understanding.

3. In what New Orleans area cemetery is the author of "Lonely in America's" family buried?
(a) Calvary Cemetery.
(b) Greenwood Cemetery.
(c) Normandy Cemetery.
(d) Holt Cemetery.

4. What emotion does the author of "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution" say his wife "had landed," even "amidst all the despair" (197)?
(a) Glee.
(b) Courage.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Hope.

5. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
(a) Twitter.
(b) Snapchat.
(c) Facebook.
(d) Foursquare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief did Kiese Laymon's grandmother hold that he points to as the only reason he is alive?

2. 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?

3. At the end of her essay "Message to My Daughters" what does the author say that everyone will be wearing when "that day of Jubilee finally arrives" (215)?

4. 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)?

5. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?

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