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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a poetic monologue in Chapter 6, the author writes, "The hearts of my brothers are" what?
(a) "Healed."
(b) "Genuine."
(c) "Broken."
(d) "Shining."

2. The author writes in Chapter 6, "In a landscape drawn from an ocean bed, you can't drive yourself" what?
(a) "To love."
(b) "Sane."
(c) "To revenge."
(d) "Insane."

3. When was Patricia Williams's The Alchemy of Race and Rights: The Diary of a Law Professor published?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1991.

4. What does the ocean do regarding the "blues it can't absorb" in Chapter 5?
(a) It hides.
(b) It shivers.
(c) It flees.
(d) It blushes.

5. 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?
(a) "To be found."
(b) "For justice."
(c) "For history."
(d) "To be loved."

Short Answer Questions

1. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?

2. According to the world's view, the author says in Chapter 4, "No one should adhere to the facts that contribute to" what?

3. What does the man point out about his wife when he shows the author a picture of her in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the "distinguished tennis chair umpire" described in Chapter 2 as "the most notorious of Serena's detractors"?

5. The author writes in Chapter 2, "For years you attribute to Serena Williams a kind of resilience appropriate only for those who exist" how?

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