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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the author use in Chapter 5 to mean a thing that blocks one's way?
(a) Obstacle.
(b) Reverie.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Attribute.

2. What word from Chapter 2 means ordinary or everyday?
(a) Culinary.
(b) Quotidian.
(c) Elusive.
(d) Arbitrary.

3. When was Rober Lowell's Live Studies published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1949.

4. Why does the woman at the cafe tell the author her son was not accepted at the college of her choice in Chapter 1?
(a) Because of affirmative action.
(b) Because of his lack of extracurricular activities.
(c) Because of his failing grades.
(d) Because of his lack of ambition.

5. What ocean does the author describe "breaking on our heads" in Chapter 5?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Indian Ocean.
(d) The Southern Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the teacher described in Chapter 1?

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

3. On what date does the author describe the following scenario in Chapter 7: "A friend writes of the numbing effects of humming and it returns you to your own sigh"?

4. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?

5. Where has Judith Butler taught since 1993?

(see the answer key)

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