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

2. 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 dean is making him hire a person of color when there are so many great writers out there."
(c) "That his work was examining race in America."
(d) "That his wife is leaving him for the dean with whom she's been having an affair."

3. 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.'"

4. What does the author say sighing does in Chapter 4?
(a) It elicits sympathy.
(b) It encourages.
(c) It entices.
(d) It upsets.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rankine opens Chapter 4 with the statement that "To live through the days sometimes you moan like" what?

3. What does the author describe her new therapist specializing in, in Chapter 1?

4. What does the author claim the world says not to wear in the house in Chapter 4?

5. What does the real estate woman repeatedly say to the author's friend when she is showing the author her house in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in the narrative at the Catholic school in Chapter 1?

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

4. Who is Franz Fanon and why does the author cite him in Chapter 2?

5. How does the narrator respond when called by the wrong name by a woman at work in Chapter 3?

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

7. What symbolism can be seen in Chapter 4?

8. What theme predominates Chapter 1 of Citizen: An American Lyric?

9. How does the author describe Serena Williams's career in 2012?

10. How does the author illustrate the differences between white and black experiences in Chapter 3?

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