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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's friend say when the author is questioned by the cashier in Chapter 3?
(a) "What is your problem?"
(b) Nothing.
(c) "Back off."
(d) "Who are you to ask?"

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

3. Who is the "distinguished tennis chair umpire" described in Chapter 2 as "the most notorious of Serena's detractors"?
(a) Chris Marker.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Mariana Alves.
(d) Jayson Musson.

4. What phrase is repeated in the second of the prints that is displayed in Chapter 3?
(a) "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."
(b) "The meaning of life."
(c) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(d) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."

5. What tennis tournament have the Williams sisters boycotted since 2001?
(a) The Miami Open.
(b) The Indian Wells Masters.
(c) The Madrid Open.
(d) The ATP World Tour Finals.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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. How many bad calls did the umpire detractor make against Serena Williams in her semifinal matchup in 2004?

5. What does the girl behind the school girl ask her to do when they are taking exams in Chapter 1?

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