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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?
(a) "The world of evil."
(b) "History."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "A throat to open."

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

3. What does the author claim "isn't a cure for feeling, it is a clean displacement of effort, will, and disappointment" in Chapter 4?
(a) "Watching football."
(b) "Watching tennis."
(c) "Writing."
(d) "Reading the newspaper."

4. In Chapter 5, the author writes, "You give yourself back until nothing's left but the dissolving blues of" what?
(a) "Levity."
(b) "Hatred."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Metaphor."

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?
(a) John McEnroe.
(b) James Williams.
(c) Andre Agassi.
(d) Roger Federer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say sighing does in Chapter 4?

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

3. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Everyone understood you to be suffering and still everyone thought you thought" what?

4. How does the author describe the houses in Louisiana during Katrina in Chapter 6?

5. On what date did the center of Hurricane Katrina pass southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana?

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