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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 television series starring Reese Witherspoon does Rankine reference in the text in Part III?
(a) Homecoming.
(b) Wysteria Lane.
(c) Little Fires Everywhere.
(d) Big Little Lies.

2. What book does Rankine question if she has read herself too many times?
(a) The New Jim Crow.
(b) The Color Purple.
(c) Beloved.
(d) Stamped.

3. Which Black female candidate for governor in 2018 does Rankine identify as having endured racist attacks during her campaign?
(a) Stacey Abrams.
(b) Roberta Johnson.
(c) Val Demmings.
(d) Ramona Jones.

4. Which kinds of experiments does Rankine cite from Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark on racism?
(a) The "doll tests" with children choosing dolls of different skin colors.
(b) The "marshmallow" tests.
(c) The "Lucifer" experiments.
(d) The "Singer" tests.

5. What does the white female judge say in Part IV about her son that shocks Rankine?
(a) He is not allowed to attend a university in a majority Black city.
(b) He joined the army but does not want to serve in the same unit with Blacks.
(c) She is worried about his safety because he is moving to Brooklyn.
(d) She has forbidden him to propose to his Black girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred in Washington D.C. on August 8, 1925?

2. What does the document Notes on the State of Virginia say that Blacks are much inferior to whites in?

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

4. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?

5. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?

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