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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Reckoning: "Black and Blue"; "The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning"; "Know Your Rights!"; "Composite Pops".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
(a) 38.
(b) 42.
(c) 28.
(d) 34.

2. At what age had the author of the essay "Black and Blue" begun walking in Jamaica after dark?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

3. When Kiese Laymon invites his grandmother up to Oxford where he lives at the time, why does she refuse to come?
(a) Because Kiese is the only black person she knows in Oxford.
(b) Because there is a music festival happening in her hometown.
(c) Because her health is too poor for such a long trip.
(d) Because she does not like to infringe upon Kiese's privacy.

4. How many years elapsed between the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama and the shootings at the Emanuel Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina?
(a) 36.
(b) 52.
(c) 64.
(d) 41.

5. What is the name of the college that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended within a rural Alabama town?
(a) Trinity College.
(b) Talladega College.
(c) Carlsbad College.
(d) Affinity College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?

2. For how many years had The High Bridge been inactive before reopening again just before Emily Raboteau and her family took a walk across it?

3. To end his essay "Blacker Than Thou," what three fruits does Kevin Young recollect eating in the morning?

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

5. How many of Mitchell Jackson's father figures were biologically related to him?

(see the answer key)

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