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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 metaphorically in Chapter 5 as "well-oiled doors opening and closing between intention, gesture"?
(a) "Words."
(b) "Politics."
(c) "Performances."
(d) "Actions."

2. What is the name of the girl who sits behind the protagonist in the school room in Chapter 1?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Sarah Anne.
(c) Maria.
(d) Mary Catherine.

3. When does the author first describe watching the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2009.

4. Who is the researcher that came up with the term "John Henryism"?
(a) Sherman James.
(b) Mariana Alves.
(c) Glenn Ligon.
(d) Chris Marker.

5. The author describes Hennessy Youngman in Chapter 2, saying that "He advises black artists to cultivate" what?
(a) "An angry nigger exterior."
(b) "A wider world-view."
(c) "An expression of desire."
(d) "A beacon of yesterday."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5, "You begin to move around in search of the steps it will take before you are thrown back into your own body, back into your own need" for what?

2. What does the ocean do regarding the "blues it can't absorb" in Chapter 5?

3. The author writes in Chapter 1, "You are reminded of a conversation you had recently, comparing the merits of sentences constructed implicitly with 'yes, and' rather than" what?

4. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the "sigh is the pathway to" what?

5. What radio host is cited by the author in Chapter 3 for insulting a women's basketball team with racist slurs in Chapter 3?

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