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?

ABC family and Disney channel

the blockbuster movie channel and FOX

the independent film channel and HBO

CNN and the weather channel
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

First responders as a force of good

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

the mailman

the speaker's friend with depression

the girl on the roof

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

Bill Clinton

Donald Trump

George W. Bush

Barack Obama
5 What year was "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" published?

2003

2004

1997

2001
6 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

Anxiety

Loneliness

Sadness

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

Claudia Radcliffe

Claudia Rankine

Christine Radcliffe

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

the speaker's mother

the speaker's father

the speaker's sister

the speaker's friend from college
9 What happened to the speaker's sister?

She was at the World Trade Center on 9/11

She was forced to go to Switzerland

Her family died in a car crash

She started taking antidepressants
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

The negative effects of capitalism

How one's life is valued by society
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?

Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo"

Blank's "The Burden of Dreams"

Browning's "Freaks"

Murnau's "Nosferatu"
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 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

the tone of the media when reporting on tragedy
14 Which of the following is a major theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

Television and its reverberance in our life

Archetypal narratives in TV

The negative effects of watching the news

TV vs novels
15 What are Spaghetti Westerns?

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

movies made in California's Death Valley about cowboys

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
16 What is Lithium?

A substance found in Mr. Tools' body

A kind of medication that helps treat mood disorders

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

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

A children's show character

The first person to ever receive an artificial heart

A person who committed suicide

Someone who was killed by the police
19 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

The gray area between life and death

Life after death

Simultaneous 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?

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

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

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

He is angry at him for causing violence in her community
21 Which of the following is listed as a theme of "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"?

American homogeneity

American consciousness and national identity vs particular marginalized identities

American national identity that traverses diversity

Hegemonic injustice in American society
22 Who was Timothy McVeigh?

a domestic terrorist that killed hundreds of people in Oklahoma City

the 41st President of the United States

the little boy who was tried as an adult for murder

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

The Obama family

The Bush family

The royal family

The Kennedy family
24 Who watches their father die in this work?

The speaker's editor who tells her they put her on the generic brand of Prozac

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
25 What is an instance of the TV affecting how the speaker feels about her own life?

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

Reports on 9/11 cause the speaker to hate Osama Bin Laden and support the war

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