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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the "distinguished tennis chair umpire" described in Chapter 2 as "the most notorious of Serena's detractors"?
(a) Zora Neale Hurston.
(b) Mariana Alves.
(c) Jayson Musson.
(d) Chris Marker.

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

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

4. The author claims in Chapter 3 that "Language that feels hurtful is intended to exploit all the ways that you are" what?
(a) "Alive."
(b) "Enraged."
(c) "Oppressed."
(d) "Present."

5. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?
(a) Visionary.
(b) Inexorable.
(c) Implicit.
(d) Reactionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say sighing does in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?

5. What tennis tournament have the Williams sisters boycotted since 2001?

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