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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "iterate" mean in Chapter 4?
(a) To deplete.
(b) To perform or utter repeatedly.
(c) To deceive or lie.
(d) To conjure or invent.

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

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

4. The author says in Chapter 4 that "truth be told, you could no more control those sighs than" what?
(a) "That which brings the sighs about."
(b) "The lies of history."
(c) "You could control your own mind."
(d) "The oppression of my people."

5. What does the author describe the passenger in her car telling her in Chapter 1?
(a) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."
(b) "That his wife is leaving him for the dean with whom she's been having an affair."
(c) "That his work was examining race in America."
(d) "That his dean is making him hire a person of color when there are so many great writers out there."

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

7. What does the word "denigrate" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) To imply.
(b) To elevate someone.
(c) To criticize unfairly.
(d) To leave a situation.

8. In Chapter 3, the author describes Judith Baker discussing what makes language hurtful. She writes that Baker's response is "We suffer from the condition of being" what?
(a) "Frightened."
(b) "Angry."
(c) "Addressable."
(d) "Superior."

9. 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?
(a) "No, but."
(b) "Yes, but."
(c) "No."
(d) "No, and."

10. The author writes in Chapter 3, "After considering Butler's remarks, you begin to understand yourself as rendered" what?
(a) "Hyper-visible in the face of such language acts."
(b) "Infuriated by the examples of injustice."
(c) "Entrapped by the fact of race."
(d) "Silent by the greed of others."

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

12. Whom did Serena Williams play in her semifinal matchup in the 2004 Women's U.S. Open?
(a) Glenn Ligon.
(b) Mariana Alves.
(c) Venus Williams.
(d) Jennifer Capriati.

13. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?
(a) Visionary.
(b) Reactionary.
(c) Inexorable.
(d) Implicit.

14. Whom does the author cite with the quote in Chapter 2, "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background"?
(a) Zora Neale Hurston.
(b) Sherman James.
(c) Jayson Musson.
(d) Chris Marker.

15. What radio host is cited by the author in Chapter 3 for insulting a women's basketball team with racist slurs in Chapter 3?
(a) Alex Jones.
(b) Howard Stern.
(c) Don Imus.
(d) Glenn Ligon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the woman at the cafe tell the author her son was not accepted at the college of her choice in Chapter 1?

2. 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?

3. What film does the author describe seeing with a friend in Chapter 1?

4. How many bad calls did the umpire detractor make against Serena Williams in her semifinal matchup in 2004?

5. 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?

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