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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. How old was Trayvon Martin at the time he was killed?
2. What topic is NOT listed among the issues that the author of "Lonely in America" feels unable to fixate upon in order to dispel her sense of loneliness?
3. In what social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
4. In what New Orleans area cemetery is the author of "Lonely in America's" family buried?
5. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the time of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's visit to Nice, how had her relationship with money recently changed?
2. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say that she feels upon looking at all of the works within The Fire This Time and why?
3. How does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" evoke feelings of hope in the reader at the end of her essay?
4. 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?
5. What are the examples the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" uses in order to prove that African-Americans are currently living through a second Nadir?
6. What stories and experiences does Jesmyn Ward provide to the reader in order to demonstrate the depth of her identification with the black identity?
7. In her essay entitled "White Rage," what distinction does Carol Anderson make between white rage and black rage?
8. For what purpose had Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, the author of "The Weight," come to London just before her acquaintance convinces her to visit James Baldwin's former house in France?
9. How does Honoree Fanonne Jeffers's interpretation of "On Being Brought From Africa to America" differ from those of many scholars?
10. What connection does Carol Anderson make between the Great Recession and the plight of modern African-Americans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Several essays in the collection The Fire This Time point out differences between being black in America and being black in other parts of the world. Choose three of these essays and use concrete details and examples from each in order to make a claim regarding each author's message about the contrast between black life in America versus black life in other areas of the world.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Daniel Jose Older's purpose in choosing the form of a letter to write his piece "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution." How does the form chosen serve to further his included messages and themes?
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