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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 – 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?
(a) "Slaves."
(b) "Children."
(c) "Deer."
(d) "Sheep."

3. In Chapter 1, the author begins with the statement, "When you are alone and too tired even to turn on any of your devices, you let yourself linger in" what?
(a) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(b) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(c) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(d) "A white cloud of rain."

4. What does the author describe the man at the cash register asking her in Chapter 3?
(a) Whether she would like to pay by cash or credit.
(b) Whether she thinks her card will work.
(c) Whether she is a writer.
(d) Whether she will be dining in.

5. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?
(a) On White Plains Road.
(b) On Steinway Street.
(c) On Jackson Street.
(d) On Broadway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the real estate woman repeatedly say to the author's friend when she is showing the author her house in Chapter 3?

2. 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?

3. What word from Chapter 2 means ordinary or everyday?

4. What does the author describe the passenger in her car telling her in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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