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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Writing."
(b) "Reading the newspaper."
(c) "Watching football."
(d) "Watching tennis."

2. What phrase is repeated in the second of the prints that is displayed in Chapter 3?
(a) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(b) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(c) "The meaning of life."
(d) "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."

3. What tennis tournament have the Williams sisters boycotted since 2001?
(a) The Miami Open.
(b) The Madrid Open.
(c) The Indian Wells Masters.
(d) The ATP World Tour Finals.

4. What does the author describe the man at the cash register asking her in Chapter 3?
(a) Whether she would like to pay by cash or credit.
(b) Whether she will be dining in.
(c) Whether she thinks her card will work.
(d) Whether she is a writer.

5. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "A friend tells you he has seen a photograph of you on the Internet and he wants to know why you look so" what?
(a) "Angry."
(b) "Happy."
(c) "Cerebral."
(d) "Scared."

6. What does the real estate woman repeatedly say to the author's friend when she is showing the author her house in Chapter 3?
(a) How comfortable she makes her feel.
(b) That she reminds her of her sister.
(c) That she is welcome to return and visit.
(d) How uncomfortable she makes her feel.

7. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?
(a) On White Plains Road.
(b) On Steinway Street.
(c) On Broadway.
(d) On Jackson Street.

8. Where has Judith Butler taught since 1993?
(a) New York University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) The University of Illinois, Chicago.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

9. What does the author claim that moaning elicits in Chapter 4?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Pity.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Laughter.

10. What artist stenciled the line "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background" on canvas, transforming the words into abstractions?
(a) Glenn Ligon.
(b) Chris Marker.
(c) Jayson Musson.
(d) Sherman James.

11. What is the name of Serena Williams's sister?
(a) Marie Williams.
(b) Sarah Williams.
(c) Angela Williams.
(d) Venus Williams.

12. What word from Chapter 2 means to have commercialized something?
(a) Mollified.
(b) Extradicted.
(c) Commodified.
(d) Codified.

13. What word from Chapter 3 means lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought?
(a) Incoherent.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Inexorable.
(d) Astute.

14. The author writes in Chapter 1, "If this were a domestic tragedy, and it might well be, this would be your fatal flaw." What is the fatal flaw she describes?
(a) "Your ambition and hopes for progress."
(b) "Your belief in a system of justice."
(c) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(d) "Your blackness."

15. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "Someone in the audience asks the man promoting his new book on humor what makes something funny. His answer is what you expect." What is the answer he gives?
(a) "Character."
(b) "Irony."
(c) "Context."
(d) "Gravity."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Hennessy Youngman's internet series that the author discusses in Chapter 2?

2. What women's basketball team was insulted by the commentary of a radio host in 2007 during a discussion of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship?

3. What does the author describe her new therapist specializing in, in Chapter 1?

4. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a sentimental longing for the past?

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

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