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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shot and killed Trayvon Martin?
(a) Chris Marker.
(b) Sherman James.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) George Zimmerman.

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a sentimental longing for the past?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Cultivation.
(d) Recompense.

3. What does the author tell the reader not to lean against in Chapter 5?
(a) The fence.
(b) The wallpaper.
(c) The judge.
(d) The peeling paint.

4. Where does author Claudia Rankine teach?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) Pomona College.

5. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to a caste in Hinduism specializing as priests, teachers, and protectors of sacred learning?
(a) Shudra.
(b) Brahmin.
(c) Vaishya.
(d) Kshatriya.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the author describe the following scenario in Chapter 7: "A friend writes of the numbing effects of humming and it returns you to your own sigh"?

2. What women's basketball team was insulted by the commentary of a radio host in 2007 during a discussion of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship?

3. Rankine writes in Chapter 5, "You could build a world out of need or you could" do what?

4. What phrase is repeated in the second of the prints that is displayed in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 1, the author begins with the statement, "When you are alone and too tired even to turn on any of your devices, you let yourself linger in" what?

(see the answer key)

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