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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom was the collaboration for the script described in Chapter 6?
(a) Jennifer Capriati.
(b) Sherman James.
(c) John Lucas.
(d) Chris Marker.

2. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?
(a) "Hold everything black and see."
(b) "Stand in silence."
(c) "Walk forward without looking."
(d) "Lose need altogether."

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

4. Who murdered James Craig Anderson?
(a) Deryl Dedmon.
(b) George Zimmerman.
(c) Jayson Musson.
(d) John Lucas.

5. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "Someone in the audience asks the man promoting his new book on humor what makes something funny. His answer is what you expect." What is the answer he gives?
(a) "Character."
(b) "Context."
(c) "Gravity."
(d) "Irony."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 5 means to cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority?

2. How many individuals were indicted for conspiracy of several hate crimes against African Americans, including James Craig Anderson, committed from the spring of 2011 to March 2012?

3. What does the word "iterate" mean in Chapter 4?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to something suitable to become the subject of a lawsuit?

5. The author writes in Chapter 5, "You begin to move around in search of the steps it will take before you are thrown back into your own body, back into your own need" for what?

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