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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 211 – 281.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she is asked about how she surmises she will die, Natasha tells Daniel that as a black woman living in the United States, she is most likely to die from what condition?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Kidney disease.
(d) Heart disease.

2. The narrator asserts in “Love: A Chemical History” that according to scientists, there are how many stages of love?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. Who wrote the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) E. M. Forester.
(d) Robert Herrick.

4. What role did Natasha's father play in A Raisin in the Sun in “Natasha Kingsley: A Daughter’s History"?
(a) George Murchison.
(b) Joseph Asagai.
(c) Walter Lee Younger.
(d) Carl Linder.

5. What are names compared to in “Family: A History of Naming”?
(a) A garden.
(b) A statue.
(c) A compass.
(d) A temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Daniel say his curfew is at home?

2. In “Hannah Winter: A Fairy-Tale History, Part 1,” the narrator notes that Hannah is neither the princess nor what?

3. What adjective best describes the character of Irene in “Irene: A History"?

4. How does Daniel describe Natasha's singing when she performs a song at the karaoke club?

5. How old is Patricia Kingsley described as in the "Characters" section of “Samuel Kingsley: A Father’s History”?

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