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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Mark Duggan murdered?
(a) August 4, 2011.
(b) August 29, 2005.
(c) February 26, 2012.
(d) December 4, 2006.

2. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Inexorable.
(c) Astute.
(d) Incoherent.

3. 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) "Happy."
(b) "Scared."
(c) "Angry."
(d) "Cerebral."

4. The author writes in Chapter 7, "Some years there exists a wanting to escape — you, floating above your certain ache — still the ache" what?
(a) "Embraces you."
(b) "Dominates."
(c) "Dissolves."
(d) "Coexists."

5. The author writes in Chapter 7, "You are not sick, you are not injured-- you ache for" what?
(a) "Communion."
(b) "Your solitude."
(c) "Consistency."
(d) "The rest of life."

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a quote from Claire Denis in Chapter 7, in which the filmmaker says, "It's not the job of films to" do what?

2. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?

3. What does the author describe around the collar of her big coat in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?

5. What does the author tell the reader not to lean against in Chapter 5?

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