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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 209 - 266).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?
(a) Unequal access to higher education.
(b) Anti-Black racism.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) Poisoned water systems.

2. In which city does Rankine's plane land in Part IV in which a woman has to be taken off the plane by EMTs?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

3. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) All the Single Ladies.
(c) Forever.
(d) Beach.

4. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?
(a) Families liked them because they were easy to wash.
(b) Fashion brands starting having their models wear them to parks.
(c) Returning soldiers from the war brought their army-issued khakis to campus to wear.
(d) They helped kids blend into their surroundings so as not to attract unwanted attention.

5. What is the title of Wendy Roth's book that Rankine cites in Part IV?
(a) The Great Second Migration: Latinos and the Integration Politics.
(b) The New Latinos in America.
(c) Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race.
(d) Texas Today: Latinos Find Their Political Voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer Rachel Kaadzi Ghanash describe the online community of violent white supremacists like the 2015 Charleston church shooter?

2. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?

3. What does Rankine write holds a place in her "referential memory" in a way it does not in white people's memory?

4. Which actress does Rankine mention as being blacklisted in the 1960s?

5. Which Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?

(see the answer key)

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