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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 – 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Angry."
(c) "Cerebral."
(d) "Scared."

2. What word from Chapter 2 means ordinary or everyday?
(a) Quotidian.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Culinary.
(d) Elusive.

3. The author claims in Chapter 3 that "Language that feels hurtful is intended to exploit all the ways that you are" what?
(a) "Alive."
(b) "Enraged."
(c) "Oppressed."
(d) "Present."

4. The author writes in Chapter 1, "If this were a domestic tragedy, and it might well be, this would be your fatal flaw." What is the fatal flaw she describes?
(a) "Your blackness."
(b) "Your ambition and hopes for progress."
(c) "Your belief in a system of justice."
(d) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."

5. 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?
(a) Sherman James.
(b) Glenn Ligon.
(c) Chris Marker.
(d) Jayson Musson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the world say about memory and the past, according to the author in Chapter 4?

2. What does the word "fabricate" mean in Chapter 4?

3. The author writes in Chapter 3, "After considering Butler's remarks, you begin to understand yourself as rendered" what?

4. What does the author describe the passenger in her car telling her in Chapter 1?

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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