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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 does the author claim that moaning elicits in Chapter 4?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Pity.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Laughter.

2. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?
(a) Mariana Alves.
(b) Chris Marker.
(c) Glenn Ligon.
(d) Sherman James.

3. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?
(a) On Broadway.
(b) On Steinway Street.
(c) On White Plains Road.
(d) On Jackson Street.

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

5. What phrase is repeated in the first of the prints displayed in Chapter 3?
(a) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(b) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(c) "I do not always feel colored."
(d) "Get you to Heaven."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?

2. What does the author claim "isn't a cure for feeling, it is a clean displacement of effort, will, and disappointment" in Chapter 4?

3. The author describes Hennessy Youngman in Chapter 2, saying that "He advises black artists to cultivate" what?

4. The author claims in Chapter 1, "A friend argues that Americans battle between the 'historical self' and" what?

5. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the past has "turned your flesh into its own" what?

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