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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author claims in Chapter 1, "A friend argues that Americans battle between the 'historical self' and" what?
(a) "The 'future self.'"
(b) "The need for power."
(c) "The 'self self.'"
(d) "The 'cultural self.'"

2. The author describes hearing two men outside a conference room in Chapter 3, when one says to the other that "being around black people is like" what?
(a) "Being amongst fellow compatriots."
(b) "Watching a foreign film without translation."
(c) "Wandering alone in a desert."
(d) "Being in a pool of fish."

3. On what airline does the author describe sitting in a window seat in Chapter 1?
(a) Pan-Am Airlines.
(b) Delta Airlines.
(c) United Airlines.
(d) American Airlines.

4. Who is the performer who invented the persona of Hennessy Youngman?
(a) Chris Marker.
(b) Jayson Musson.
(c) Glenn Ligon.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

5. Where does the school girl attend school in Chapter 1?
(a) The School for the Blind.
(b) The Sts. Philip and James School.
(c) The PS 242.
(d) The St. Edwards School.

6. 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) "Silent by the greed of others."
(c) "Infuriated by the examples of injustice."
(d) "Entrapped by the fact of race."

7. 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) Glenn Ligon.
(c) Don Imus.
(d) Howard Stern.

8. In Chapter 1, the author begins with the statement, "When you are alone and too tired even to turn on any of your devices, you let yourself linger in" what?
(a) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(b) "A past stacked among your pillows."
(c) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(d) "A white cloud of rain."

9. 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?
(a) The Yale University women's basketball team.
(b) The Rutgers University women's basketball team.
(c) The Harvard University women's basketball team.
(d) The Princeton University women's basketball team.

10. How does the author respond when a friend says in Chapter 3, "You are always on sabbatical"?
(a) "Why not?"
(b) "Easy."
(c) "I've never taken sabbatical."
(d) "I am not."

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

12. 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) "Cerebral."
(c) "Happy."
(d) "Scared."

13. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?
(a) "Sheep."
(b) "Children."
(c) "Slaves."
(d) "Deer."

14. Where does the author describe being when she confronts a man for calling a group of teenagers "niggers" in Chapter 1?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) Burger King.
(d) Subway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Judith Butler taught since 1993?

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 author's friend say when the author is questioned by the cashier in Chapter 3?

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

5. Who wrote the following quotation that opens the book: "If they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black"?

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