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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. What word from Chapter 6 means to represent something as being beautiful?
(a) Inflect.
(b) Aestheticize.
(c) Reverie.
(d) Redact.

2. What does the author describe metaphorically in Chapter 5 as "well-oiled doors opening and closing between intention, gesture"?
(a) "Performances."
(b) "Actions."
(c) "Words."
(d) "Politics."

3. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Exactly why we survive and can look back with furrowed brow is" what?
(a) "Inexorable."
(b) "Beyond me."
(c) "Elusive."
(d) "Meaningful."

4. What word from Chapter 5 refers to humor or frivolity, especially in the treatment of a serious matter?
(a) Irony.
(b) Levity.
(c) Cultivation.
(d) Allusion.

5. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Someone claimed we should use our skin as" what?
(a) "A blanket."
(b) "Wallpaper."
(c) "Revenge."
(d) "Protection."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the author says, "The fiction of the facts assumes innocence, ignorance, lack of intention" and what else?

2. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to a caste in Hinduism specializing as priests, teachers, and protectors of sacred learning?

3. What animal does the author describe "surveying movement against the calm, red sky at morning" in Chapter 5?

4. The author writes in Chapter 6, "In a landscape drawn from an ocean bed, you can't drive yourself" what?

5. In "Long Form Birth Certificate" in Chapter 6, the author writes, "All living is listening for" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are "words" presented in Chapter 5?

2. Why does the author discuss eating cereal in Chapter 5?

3. How does the author's language and narrative style change in Chapter 5?

4. What are some examples of imagery (simile, metaphor, etc.) in Chapter 5?

5. What color is explored in Chapter 5? What does this color represent for the author?

6. How does the author compare the Rodney King beating and the death of Mark Duggan in Chapter 6?

7. What scenario does the author present when an unnamed man is arrested in Chapter 6?

8. How is the theme of the pain of prejudice explored in Chapter 6?

9. How does the author juxtapose the reality of Hurrican Katrina victims with their depiction in the media?

10. What does the author say regarding questions and answers in Chapter 6?

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