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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 many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?
2. The author of "White Rage" states that the case of Connick vs. Thompson ruled that it was what "for a city prosecutor's staff to hide evidence that exonerated a black man who was rotting on death row for 14 years" (87)?
3. In what city was an eighteenth century gravesite discovered that contained 13 people of African ancestry?
4. 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?
5. What term did the historians referred to in "Where Do We Go from Here?" use to describe the last reversal of African-American advancement?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Honoree Fanonne Jeffers's interpretation of "On Being Brought From Africa to America" differ from those of many scholars?
2. In what ways does the author of "The Dear Pledges of Our Love: A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" demonstrate how difficult it can be to extricate oneself from the biases present within the American culture's views of black people?
3. What stories and experiences does Jesmyn Ward provide to the reader in order to demonstrate the depth of her identification with the black identity?
4. At the time of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's visit to Nice, how had her relationship with money recently changed?
5. 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?
6. How is Jesmyn Ward's experience of receiving her genetic ancestry results different from the experiences of her parents?
7. What unsettling comment does a senior editor make to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah during the first week of her magazine internship?
8. How does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here" evoke feelings of hope in the reader at the end of her essay?
9. 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?
10. What is Wendy S. Walters's central goal within the narrative of her memoir "Lonely in America" and from what source does she draw the idea for this goal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Focus on the life and death of Trayvon Martin as a touchstone for many essays within The Fire This Time. How is the story of Trayvon Martin used by different authors in order to further their messages regarding racial inequality and race-fueled injustices within America?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Many pieces within the collection The Fire This Time include commentary about how the arts, including literature, public murals, and other forms of art, can help to heal the pain caused by racial inequality and can even act as catalysts for progress in this area. Choose three pieces that include commentary about the value of art and compare and contrast their messages regarding the arts' ability to heal an ailing society.
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