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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entering the Lives of Others: Theory in the Flesh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman," what do "we" do when we put "acts of God" on an equal playing field with man?
(a) "Shrug off personal responsibility."
(b) "Spit on religious tradition."
(c) "Laugh in the face of humanity."
(d) "Choose to ignore honesty."

2. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Man made disasters.
(b) Society as a whole.
(c) Her family.
(d) Personal culture.

3. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She fell off of a roof.
(c) She was attacked by a dog.
(d) She split her lip open.

4. Who wrote "Dreams of Violence"?
(a) Sarah James.
(b) Naomi Littlebear.
(c) Aaliyah Haughton.
(d) Martha Georga.

5. What author did the narrator from "I Am What I Am" read "thru three or four times"?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Arthur Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted at the beginning of "La Guera"?

2. Where did the author of "La Guera's" mother work while lying about her age?

3. What must one do to become visible, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

4. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

5. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?

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