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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. When the author of the essay "Black and Blue" was warned by university officials to avoid walking in certain areas of the city, what threat does he mistakenly think he is being warned about?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Weather.
(d) Police.

2. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) Crocodiles and Gila monsters.
(b) Brown rattlesnakes and chameleons.
(c) Copperhead snakes and alligators.
(d) Poison Dart frogs and salamanders.

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

4. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?
(a) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(b) Worcester, Massachusetts.
(c) Hartford, Connecticut.
(d) Providence, Rhode Island.

5. Which black female artist's work does Kiese Laymon set up as a counterpoint to the work of OutKast?
(a) Jill Scott.
(b) Lauryn Hill.
(c) Queen Latifah.
(d) Missy Elliott.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" name as her own mother's voice type?

2. The series of Know Your Rights murals were placed in all of New York City's burroughs, with the exception of which burrough?

3. What was the name of Phillis Wheatley's husband, who is being defended in the essay "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"?

4. The Syrian poet Nizar Qabban wrote that "Our deliverance is in drawing with" (198) what element?

5. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?

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