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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author's friend say when the author is questioned by the cashier in Chapter 3?
(a) "Who are you to ask?"
(b) Nothing.
(c) "Back off."
(d) "What is your problem?"

2. What does the word "iterate" mean in Chapter 4?
(a) To conjure or invent.
(b) To deceive or lie.
(c) To deplete.
(d) To perform or utter repeatedly.

3. 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) "Irony."
(b) "Context."
(c) "Gravity."
(d) "Character."

4. According to the world's view, the author says in Chapter 4, "No one should adhere to the facts that contribute to" what?
(a) "Redemption."
(b) "Deception."
(c) "Politics."
(d) "Narrative."

5. What literary word employed by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers to either the participants or something else?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Gerund.
(d) Pronoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What radio host is cited by the author in Chapter 3 for insulting a women's basketball team with racist slurs in Chapter 3?

2. Where was Trayvon Martin killed?

3. What word from Chapter 5 means relating or denoting the writing of letters?

4. What does the author claim "isn't a cure for feeling, it is a clean displacement of effort, will, and disappointment" in Chapter 4?

5. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?

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