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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "Where Do We Go from Here?", continual progress for African-Americans is claimed to be a what?
(a) A moral certainty.
(b) A reason for hope.
(c) A birthright.
(d) A myth.

2. From what city did Phillis Wheatley's husband hail?
(a) Boston.
(b) Providence.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. What company did Jesmyn Ward use in order to obtain a report of her genetic ancestry?
(a) Living DNA.
(b) 23andMe.
(c) Ancestry DNA.
(d) National Geographic Genographic Project.

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

5. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?
(a) Five times.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Eight times.
(d) Six times.

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

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

8. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?
(a) She would have developed a dissociative disorder.
(b) She would not have survived it.
(c) She would have run away.
(d) She would have slain her master.

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

10. 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 to be heard.
(c) The longing for independence.
(d) The longing to belong.

11. 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."

12. 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) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

13. 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?
(a) Forget about it.
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Learn to live with it.
(d) Become familiar with its underpinnings..

14. 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) Grandmama.
(b) Aunt Lou.
(c) Uncle Chester.
(d) Great-aunt Louise.

15. In what state was Trayvon Martin killed by a police officer?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?

2. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?

3. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?

4. For what ultimate purpose does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" start her search for primary sources regarding Phillis Wheatley's life?

5. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?

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