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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. To what area of the United States does the author of "Lonely in America" say that her "cultural memory of slavery" is relegated?
(a) The East.
(b) The West.
(c) The South.
(d) The North.
2. A 2016 joint report by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund states that the Republicans' plan to emphasize identification requirements would adversely affect how many African-American voters?
(a) Six million.
(b) Ten million.
(c) Eight million.
(d) Three million.
3. What is the occasion bringing everyone together within the poem "Homegoing, A.D. by Kima Jones?
(a) A birth.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A wedding anniversary.
4. For what ultimate purpose does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" start her search for primary sources regarding Phillis Wheatley's life?
(a) To discover more about her own identity.
(b) To write a collection of essays about freed slaves.
(c) To publish a rebuttal to
(d) To write a series of poems about Phillis Wheatley.
5. 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)?
(a) Unconstitutional.
(b) Legal.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Justified.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the police officer who shot Trayvon Martin?
2. What landmark could the author of "The Weight" see outside of the interns' office window?
3. What is the name of the era in which African-Americans made leaps in advancement just after the end of slavery?
4. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say is directed toward her by the majority of Americans and has become her dark twin?
5. At what age did the poet Phillis Wheatley die?
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