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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. While Jesmyn Ward's father was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to what California city had he moved as a teenager in 1969?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Vallejo.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?
(a) Problematic.
(b) Linear.
(c) Quixotic.
(d) Fractured.

3. How many African-Americans does the author of "Where Do We Go from Here?" say fled from the Jim Crow caste system enacted in the South?
(a) 1 million.
(b) Six million.
(c) Two million.
(d) 8 million.

4. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The paper mill.
(b) The magnolia tree.
(c) The popping corn.
(d) The sea air.

5. What is the title of Phillis Wheatley's most often-anthologized poem?
(a) "The Spider and the Fly."
(b) "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
(c) "Upon the Burning of Our House."
(d) "On Being Brought from Africa to America."

Short Answer Questions

1. A 2013 report by researchers at Brandeis University calculated that what fraction "of the collective wealth of African-American families was stripped away" (86) during the Great Recession?

2. What major event happened upon Phillis Wheatley's return to America from London?

3. The author of "White Rage" states that while before the Great Recession, white Americans had four times more wealth than black Americans, by 2010 the gap had increased to how many times?

4. In what state did the author's mother in "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" grow up, ensconced in poverty?

5. What two adjectives does the author of the "The Weight" use to describe the whiteness of the magazine's offices?

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