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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the teacher described in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Jackson.
(b) Sister Evelyn.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. James.

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

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

4. The author writes in Chapter 2, "For years you attribute to Serena Williams a kind of resilience appropriate only for those who exist" how?
(a) "In loss."
(b) "In isolation."
(c) "In celluloid."
(d) "In black."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 3, "After considering Butler's remarks, you begin to understand yourself as rendered" what?

2. What word in Chapter 4 refers to a contemplative person?

3. 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?

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

5. What does the author describe Serena Williams doing during the Women's U.S. Open final in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization does the author reach in Chapter 3?

2. What conclusion does the author reach in Chapter 4?

3. Who is Judith Butler and why does the author cite her in Chapter 3?

4. How does the narrator respond when she is called a derogatory name by a friend in Chapter 3?

5. Why is the friend upset about hiring an African American in Chapter 1?

6. What is signified and alluded to by the picture of the Rutgers women's basketball team in Chapter 3?

7. How would you describe the narrative style of Chapter 1? What is significant about the narrative style?

8. Who is Hennessy Youngman and what is discussed regarding him in Chapter 2?

9. What theme stands out in Chapter 3?

10. How is the theme of memory addressed in Chapter 4?

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