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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the author writes, "You give yourself back until nothing's left but the dissolving blues of" what?
(a) "Hatred."
(b) "Metaphor."
(c) "Levity."
(d) "Love."

2. What does the author describe Serena Williams doing during the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?
(a) Leaving the court.
(b) Breaking down into tears.
(c) Exploding in an outburst of rage.
(d) Calling the authorities.

3. What word from Chapter 2 means to have commercialized something?
(a) Commodified.
(b) Codified.
(c) Extradicted.
(d) Mollified.

4. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Everyone understood you to be suffering and still everyone thought you thought" what?
(a) "You were invisible."
(b) "You were alone."
(c) "You were nothing."
(d) "You were the sun."

5. What tennis superstar expressed his shock that Serena Williams was able to hold it together after losing the semifinal match in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?
(a) James Williams.
(b) John McEnroe.
(c) Andre Agassi.
(d) Roger Federer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the "sigh is the pathway to" what?

2. What does the girl behind the school girl ask her to do when they are taking exams in Chapter 1?

3. 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?

4. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?

5. The author writes in Chapter 2, "For years you attribute to Serena Williams a kind of resilience appropriate only for those who exist" how?

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