Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Quizzes

Don't Let Me Be Lonely Quiz

1 What are the two channels that the speaker has saved with the "FAV" button on the TV remote?
ABC family and Disney channel

the blockbuster movie channel and FOX

CNN and the weather channel

the independent film channel and HBO
2 Which of the following is an important theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
One's own free will when being helped for suicidal tendencies

State violence

Death

First responders as a force of good
3 Which of the following is NOT a character in "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
the speaker's friend with Alzheimer's

the girl on the roof

the mailman

the speaker's friend with depression
4 Who was the President of the United States at the time that "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" was published?
Donald Trump

Barack Obama

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush
5 What year was "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" published?
1997

2001

2003

2004
6 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
Anxiety

Depression

Sadness

Loneliness
7 Who is the author of Don't Let Me Be Lonely?
Claudia Rankine

Christine Radcliffe

Christine Rankine

Claudia Radcliffe
8 Which of the following characters goes back home for their mother's funeral?
the speaker's friend from college

the speaker's father

the speaker's sister

the speaker's mother
9 What happened to the speaker's sister?
She started taking antidepressants

She was forced to go to Switzerland

She was at the World Trade Center on 9/11

Her family died in a car crash
10 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
Striving for success

How one's life is valued by society

The negative effects of capitalism

Having material wealth as a means to achieve happiness
11 What does the speaker's editor tell the speaker?
That she was switched to the generic brand of Prozac

That she thinks the speaker isn't writing as well as she used to

That she has liver failure

That she wants to fire the speaker
12 What movie do the speaker and her friend who is in "the depression of his life" watch together?
Browning's "Freaks"

Blank's "The Burden of Dreams"

Murnau's "Nosferatu"

Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo"
13 What is one definition of how the term "American Optimism" operates in this text?
this term only applies to the wealthy elite who are optimistic that the world will remain a good place because of their priviledge

the tone of the media when reporting on tragedy

the impulse to believe that everything is going to work out, even in the face of tragedy (9/11), political uncertainty (George W. Bush's election), or violent power structures (white supremacy and police brutality).

a feeling of loneliness or depression that is exacerbated by the media, big pharma, American politics, and race relations
14 Which of the following is a major theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
The negative effects of watching the news

Archetypal narratives in TV

TV vs novels

Television and its reverberance in our life
15 What are Spaghetti Westerns?
films made about the American West in Europe, typically by Italian directors in the '60s and '70s

black-and-white films that portray violence between Native Americans and cowboys in the Wild West

movies made in California's Death Valley about cowboys

documentary films about the American West that were made in the 18th Century
16 What is Lithium?
A chemical that was left behind in the air following the 9/11 attack

A kind of medication that helps treat mood disorders

A chemical that is advertised against on the TV while the speaker is watching

A substance found in Mr. Tools' body
17 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
Chronic illness

Going to the doctor

Mental health and medication

Eating healthy and exercising
18 Who is Mr. Tools?
Someone who was killed by the police

A person who committed suicide

A children's show character

The first person to ever receive an artificial heart
19 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
Simultaneous life and death

Life after death

The gray area between life and death

How life and death are portrayed by the media
20 How does the speaker feel about the boy who was tried as an adult for killing another child?
He is angry at him for causing violence in her community

She feels bad for the boy's mother only, and remembers tear tracks coming down her face

She feels disgusted at the boy's actions and believes that his sentence is fair

She feels sympathetic for him and sees this event as the death of his childhood
21 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?
American homogeneity

American national identity that traverses diversity

American consciousness and national identity vs particular marginalized identities

Hegemonic injustice in American society
22 Who was Timothy McVeigh?
the little boy who was tried as an adult for murder

a domestic terrorist that killed hundreds of people in Oklahoma City

the 41st President of the United States

the prom king at the speaker's high school prom
23 What famous family is in the speaker's dream about the party?
The Kennedy family

The Bush family

The royal family

The Obama family
24 Who watches their father die in this work?
The speaker herself

The speaker's friend from college who has to fly to Switzerland for the funeral

The speaker's close friend who then enters "the depression of his life"

The speaker's editor who tells her they put her on the generic brand of Prozac
25 What is an instance of the TV affecting how the speaker feels about her own life?
Reports on 9/11 cause the speaker to hate Osama Bin Laden and support the war

A TV documentary about Serena Williams causes the speaker to hate herself because she'll never be that athletic

Reports on marriage equality make her feel like she can come out of the closet

Reports on the election of George W. Bush cause her to feel hopeless

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