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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says in Chapter 4 that "truth be told, you could no more control those sighs than" what?
(a) "The lies of history."
(b) "That which brings the sighs about."
(c) "You could control your own mind."
(d) "The oppression of my people."

2. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?
(a) "History."
(b) "A throat to open."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "The world of evil."

3. What does the author claim that moaning elicits in Chapter 4?
(a) Pity.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Empathy.

4. The author writes in Chapter 3, "After considering Butler's remarks, you begin to understand yourself as rendered" what?
(a) "Hyper-visible in the face of such language acts."
(b) "Entrapped by the fact of race."
(c) "Silent by the greed of others."
(d) "Infuriated by the examples of injustice."

5. Where did James Craig Anderson work?
(a) At a Toyota plant.
(b) At a Chevrolet plant.
(c) At a Ford plant.
(d) At a Nissan plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poetic section titled "Stop-and-Frisk" in Chapter 6, the author writes that "the charge the officer decided on was exhibition of" what?

2. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?

3. The author asks of the reader in Chapter 6 of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, "Have you seen their" what?

4. The author writes in Chapter 6, "The prison is not a place you enter. It is" what?

5. What animal does the author describe "surveying movement against the calm, red sky at morning" in Chapter 5?

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