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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. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Flat.
(b) Long.
(c) Wide.
(d) Dry.

2. What is the name of the author's wife to whom he writes, "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution"?
(a) June.
(b) Leticia.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Nastassian.

3. How many years apart does the author of "The Weight" say his grandfather's age and James Baldwin's age had been?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

4. 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?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

5. 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?
(a) The longing to be heard.
(b) The longing to belong.
(c) The longing for independence.
(d) The longing to be understood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Kiese Laymon call his grandmother?

2. 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?

3. In what decade did the the use of blackface begin?

4. How does the author of "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning" characterize the attempt by some white people to amend the language of the Black Lives Matter movement to All Lives Matter?

5. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

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