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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Legacy: "Where Do We Go from Here?"; "The Dear Pledges of Our Love: A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband"; "White Rage"; "Cracking the Code".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jesmyn Ward's father is 51% Native American and is registered as a member of what tribe?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Blackfoot.
(d) Choctaw.

2. Whose original literary work inspired the title of The Fire This Time?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Ralph Ellison.
(c) Phyllis Wheatley.
(d) Langston Hughes.

3. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
(a) Roy Oliver.
(b) Timothy Loehmann.
(c) Frank Garmback.
(d) George Zimmerman.

4. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?
(a) She ran away from her master's home.
(b) She was freed.
(c) She gave birth to her third child.
(d) She found that her husband had died in her absence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Where Do We Go from Here?", continual progress for African-Americans is claimed to be a what?

2. How many books of Phillis Wheatley's poetry were published during her lifetime?

3. 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?

4. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?

5. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?

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