Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Quizzes

1 What are the two channels that the speaker has saved with the "FAV" button on the TV remote?

the independent film channel and HBO

the blockbuster movie channel and FOX

CNN and the weather channel

ABC family and Disney channel
2 Which of the following is an important theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

Death

One's own free will when being helped for suicidal tendencies

First responders as a force of good

State violence
3 Which of the following is NOT a character in "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

the speaker's friend with depression

the speaker's friend with Alzheimer's

the mailman

the girl on the roof
4 Who was the President of the United States at the time that "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" was published?

Barack Obama

Donald Trump

George W. Bush

Bill Clinton
5 What year was "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" published?

2004

2001

1997

2003
6 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

Loneliness

Anxiety

Depression

Sadness
7 Who is the author of Don't Let Me Be Lonely?

Christine Radcliffe

Christine Rankine

Claudia Rankine

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

the speaker's sister

the speaker's friend from college

the speaker's father

the speaker's mother
9 What happened to the speaker's sister?

She was forced to go to Switzerland

She started taking antidepressants

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"?

Having material wealth as a means to achieve happiness

Striving for success

How one's life is valued by society

The negative effects of capitalism
11 What does the speaker's editor tell the speaker?

That she wants to fire the speaker

That she has liver failure

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

That she was switched to the generic brand of Prozac
12 What movie do the speaker and her friend who is in "the depression of his life" watch together?

Murnau's "Nosferatu"

Browning's "Freaks"

Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo"

Blank's "The Burden of Dreams"
13 What is one definition of how the term "American Optimism" operates in this text?

a feeling of loneliness or depression that is exacerbated by the media, big pharma, American politics, and race relations

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).

this term only applies to the wealthy elite who are optimistic that the world will remain a good place because of their priviledge
14 Which of the following is a major theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

TV vs novels

Archetypal narratives in TV

Television and its reverberance in our life

The negative effects of watching the news
15 What are Spaghetti Westerns?

films made about the American West in Europe, typically by Italian directors in the '60s and '70s

documentary films about the American West that were made in the 18th Century

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
16 What is Lithium?

A substance found in Mr. Tools' body

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

A chemical that was left behind in the air following the 9/11 attack

A kind of medication that helps treat mood disorders
17 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

Mental health and medication

Chronic illness

Eating healthy and exercising

Going to the doctor
18 Who is Mr. Tools?

Someone who was killed by the police

The first person to ever receive an artificial heart

A children's show character

A person who committed suicide
19 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

The gray area between life and death

How life and death are portrayed by the media

Life after death

Simultaneous life and death
20 How does the speaker feel about the boy who was tried as an adult for killing another child?

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

She feels sympathetic for him and sees this event as the death of his childhood

He is angry at him for causing violence in her community

She feels disgusted at the boy's actions and believes that his sentence is fair
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 41st President of the United States

a domestic terrorist that killed hundreds of people in Oklahoma City

the prom king at the speaker's high school prom

the little boy who was tried as an adult for murder
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 close friend who then enters "the depression of his life"

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

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

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

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