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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Serena Williams's sister?
(a) Venus Williams.
(b) Angela Williams.
(c) Marie Williams.
(d) Sarah Williams.

2. What word does the author use in Chapter 5 to mean a thing that blocks one's way?
(a) Reverie.
(b) Attribute.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Protagonist.

3. What does the world say about memory and the past, according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) To embrace it.
(b) To question it.
(c) To forget it.
(d) To analyze it.

4. The author claims in Chapter 1, "A friend argues that Americans battle between the 'historical self' and" what?
(a) "The 'cultural self.'"
(b) "The 'self self.'"
(c) "The 'future self.'"
(d) "The need for power."

5. Whom did Serena Williams play in her semifinal matchup in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?
(a) Jennifer Capriati.
(b) Mariana Alves.
(c) Venus Williams.
(d) Glenn Ligon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author cite with the quote in Chapter 2, "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background"?

2. Where is the author when she describes a man showing her a picture of his wife in Chapter 5?

3. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?

4. What does the author describe pouring three bowls of in Chapter 5?

5. What women's basketball team was insulted by the commentary of a radio host in 2007 during a discussion of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship?

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