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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the estimates regarding how often an African-American is now killed by police within the United States, circa 2018?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every 4-6 days.
(c) Every 5-8 days.
(d) Every 2-3 days.

2. Who was the author of Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave?
(a) Margaretta Matilda Odell.
(b) Marie Ellen Magdalena.
(c) Jane Augusten Burroughs.
(d) Mary Margaret Johann.

3. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?
(a) Newspaper articles and novels.
(b) Novels and memoirs.
(c) Poetry and short stories.
(d) Novels and short stories.

4. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The magnolia tree.
(b) The sea air.
(c) The paper mill.
(d) The popping corn.

5. 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?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

6. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Phyllis Wheatley.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Langston Hughes.

7. What type of internship had the author of "The Weight" been completing when he had first fallen wholly in the love with James Baldwin's works?
(a) A reporting internship.
(b) A carpentry internship.
(c) A professorial internship.
(d) A publishing internship.

8. While Jesmyn Ward's father was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to what California city had he moved as a teenager in 1969?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Vallejo.
(c) Oakland.
(d) San Francisco.

9. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?
(a) Stately and grand.
(b) Blinding and sterile.
(c) Serene and sterile.
(d) Stark and futuristic.

10. 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?
(a) Soprano.
(b) Tenor.
(c) Bass.
(d) Alto.

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

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

13. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) In his bed.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) On the porch.

14. Of what feeling does the author of "Lonely in America" say she had been trying to cure in herself as a "strategy to ward off future misery" (34)?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Joy.
(c) Hope.
(d) Depression.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?

2. What was the first name of Phillis Wheatley's mistress?

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

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"?

5. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?

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