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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?
2. What is the name of the U.S. Senator who is famous for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 "so strenuously that he conducted the longest lone filibuster ever" for over 24 straight hours?
3. What adjective does the writer of "The Weight" use to describe the black narrative within the United States?
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 social media platform did Jesmyn Ward find solace after Trayvon Martin's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. What connection does Carol Anderson make between the Great Recession and the plight of modern African-Americans?
2. To what conclusion does Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ultimately come to about the desire to "preserve things" (31)?
3. What religion is being referenced in the conversation in Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D." and what details are included that lead to this conclusion?
4. For what purpose had Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, the author of "The Weight," come to London just before her acquaintance convinces her to visit James Baldwin's former house in France?
5. What stories and experiences does Jesmyn Ward provide to the reader in order to demonstrate the depth of her identification with the black identity?
6. How is Jesmyn Ward's experience of receiving her genetic ancestry results different from the experiences of her parents?
7. At the time of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's visit to Nice, how had her relationship with money recently changed?
8. How did a quote within James Baldwin's book The Fire Next Time inspire Jesmyn ward to put together her own collection to create The Fire This Time?
9. What are the elements of James Baldwin's life and character that Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah describes as being off-putting to her at one point in her life?
10. What is Wendy S. Walters's central goal within the narrative of her memoir "Lonely in America" and from what source does she draw the idea for this goal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Daniel Jose Older's purpose in choosing the form of a letter to write his piece "This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution." How does the form chosen serve to further his included messages and themes?
Essay Topic 2
Investigate the overarching ways in which James Baldwin's life and works resonate throughout the collection The Fire This Time.
Essay Topic 3
The collection focuses on police brutality as one of the major injustices inflicted upon African-Americans. Write an essay analyzing at least two of the authors' rhetoric and attitudes concerning police brutality and how their treatments of the topic fit into the context of the other themes regarding race contained in the collection.
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