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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?
2. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?
3. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?
4. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?
5. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?
Short Essay Questions
1. What connection does Carol Anderson make between the Great Recession and the plight of modern African-Americans?
2. What are the elements of James Baldwin's life and character that Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah describes as being off-putting to her at one point in her life?
3. What does Jesmyn Ward list among the issues with which black people in America are exhausted?
4. In her essay entitled "White Rage," what distinction does Carol Anderson make between white rage and black rage?
5. How did a quote within James Baldwin's book The Fire Next Time inspire Jesmyn ward to put together her own collection to create The Fire This Time?
6. What religion is being referenced in the conversation in Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D." and what details are included that lead to this conclusion?
7. What is the main claim being made regarding a Nadir within the essay "Where Do We Go from Here"?
8. What reasons does Jesmyn Ward provide for her claim that it is "impossible for most black Americans to construct full family trees" (91)?
9. What proof, if any, did Honoree Fanonne Jeffers discover through her research that Phillis Wheatley's 1834 biographer had been related to Susannah Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley's mistress?
10. What are the three things Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah says are the only things she knows about being black in America?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine the most prominent message inherent in Emily Raboteau's essay, "Know Your Rights!" and prove your claim about her message using concrete details from the essay.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze how the author of "Blacker Than Thou" uses humor as a way to gain entry into the serious subject of cultural appropriation both historical and current.
Essay Topic 3
Several of the works within The Fire This Time focus on family relationships. Choose three of these works and discuss how they work together to send a larger message about race and family across the collection.
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