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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe pouring three bowls of in Chapter 5?
(a) Water.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Rice.
(d) Pudding.

2. The author describes the script in Chapter 6 as being comprised of quotes from what television station?
(a) CNN.
(b) MSNBC.
(c) ABC News.
(d) FOX News.

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

4. What literary word employed by the author in Chapter 5 refers to a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers to either the participants or something else?
(a) Pronoun.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Gerund.

5. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?
(a) "Slaves."
(b) "Deer."
(c) "Sheep."
(d) "Children."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to a caste in Hinduism specializing as priests, teachers, and protectors of sacred learning?

3. The author claims in Chapter 3 that "Language that feels hurtful is intended to exploit all the ways that you are" what?

4. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 2 means ordinary or everyday?

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