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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 Serena Williams doing during the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?
(a) Breaking down into tears.
(b) Calling the authorities.
(c) Exploding in an outburst of rage.
(d) Leaving the court.

2. How many individuals were indicted for conspiracy of several hate crimes against African Americans, including James Craig Anderson, committed from the spring of 2011 to March 2012?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

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

4. The author concludes Chapter 3 by saying that what "shouldn't be an ambition"?
(a) "New paths to progress."
(b) "Justice."
(c) "Reexamining history."
(d) "Just getting along."

5. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the "sigh is the pathway to" what?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "The self."
(c) "Vulnerability."
(d) "Love."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?

3. What does the "woman with multiple degrees" say she didn't know black women could get, in Chapter 3?

4. What phrase is repeated in the second of the prints that is displayed in Chapter 3?

5. The author claims in Chapter 5, "Listen, you, I was creating a life study of" what?

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