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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. What two reptiles are the source of the danger during the final scene of Kima Jones's prose poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) Poison Dart frogs and salamanders.
(b) Brown rattlesnakes and chameleons.
(c) Copperhead snakes and alligators.
(d) Crocodiles and Gila monsters.

2. What is the main pastime depicted within the poem "The Tradition"?
(a) Playing baseball.
(b) Going for ice cream.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Gardening.

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

4. What does the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" name as her own mother's voice type?
(a) Alto.
(b) Soprano.
(c) Bass.
(d) Tenor.

5. In what year did Phillis Wheatley sail to London for a six week period in order to promote her poetry?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1832.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other types of work had the editor published before curating The Fire This Time?

2. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?

3. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?

4. Who founded the college in Alabama that the author of "'The Dear Pledges of Our Love'": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband" attended?

5. 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?

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