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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. 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?
(a) 99% Caucasian.
(b) 23% African-American, 48% Caucasian, and 29% Native American.
(c) 99% African-American.
(d) 48% African American and 52% Caucasian.

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Theories of Time and Space" say will be waiting for the reader's return after he sails to Ship Island?
(a) A new perspective.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A hint of regret.
(d) A stuffed animal.

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?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 15.

4. Which family member's house in New Orleans had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and was subsequently visited by the author of "Lonely in America"?
(a) Great-aunt Louise.
(b) Aunt Lou.
(c) Uncle Chester.
(d) Grandmama.

5. Onto what feature does the speaker of the poem "Theories of Time and Space" say sand had been dumped to create a man-made beach?
(a) A Native burial ground.
(b) A mangrove swamp.
(c) A national forest.
(d) A protected wetland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?

2. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?

3. At the end of her essay "Cracking the Code," Jesmyn Ward states that she imagines that a longing for what element had been a part of all of her ancestors' lives?

4. What does the author of "Message to My Daughters" say had appeared to be the primary task of the staff at the Brooklyn junior high school she attended as a child?

5. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?

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