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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 – 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe Serena Williams doing during the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?
(a) Leaving the court.
(b) Breaking down into tears.
(c) Exploding in an outburst of rage.
(d) Calling the authorities.

2. What word from Chapter 2 means to have commercialized something?
(a) Mollified.
(b) Commodified.
(c) Codified.
(d) Extradicted.

3. The author describes Hennessy Youngman in Chapter 2, saying that "He advises black artists to cultivate" what?
(a) "An angry nigger exterior."
(b) "A wider world-view."
(c) "An expression of desire."
(d) "A beacon of yesterday."

4. What is the name of Serena Williams's sister?
(a) Venus Williams.
(b) Marie Williams.
(c) Sarah Williams.
(d) Angela Williams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author cite with the quote in Chapter 2, "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background"?

2. What artist stenciled the line "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background" on canvas, transforming the words into abstractions?

3. Who wrote the following quotation that opens the book: "If they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black"?

4. What does the author describe her new therapist specializing in, in Chapter 1?

5. What tennis superstar expressed his shock that Serena Williams was able to hold it together after losing the semifinal match in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?

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