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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in Chapter 4 refers to a contemplative person?
(a) Sycophant.
(b) Valedictorian.
(c) Allegiant.
(d) Ruminant.

2. What does the author say sighing does in Chapter 4?
(a) It encourages.
(b) It elicits sympathy.
(c) It entices.
(d) It upsets.

3. What does the author claim "isn't a cure for feeling, it is a clean displacement of effort, will, and disappointment" in Chapter 4?
(a) "Writing."
(b) "Watching football."
(c) "Reading the newspaper."
(d) "Watching tennis."

4. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "A friend tells you he has seen a photograph of you on the Internet and he wants to know why you look so" what?
(a) "Cerebral."
(b) "Scared."
(c) "Happy."
(d) "Angry."

5. What does the "woman with multiple degrees" say she didn't know black women could get, in Chapter 3?
(a) The flu.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "distinguished tennis chair umpire" described in Chapter 2 as "the most notorious of Serena's detractors"?

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

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

4. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a sentimental longing for the past?

5. What does the word "iterate" mean in Chapter 4?

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