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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 means to represent something as being beautiful?
(a) Aestheticize.
(b) Reverie.
(c) Redact.
(d) Inflect.

2. What is the name of Hennessy Youngman's internet series that the author discusses in Chapter 2?
(a) "Wonderworks."
(b) "Art Thoughtz."
(c) "Life Rules."
(d) "Web Rulez."

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

4. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?
(a) She is white.
(b) She is young.
(c) She is black.
(d) She is Hispanic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?

3. When was the film Beau Travail released?

4. Who is the performer who invented the persona of Hennessy Youngman?

5. The author describes hearing two men outside a conference room in Chapter 3, when one says to the other that "being around black people is like" what?

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