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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. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?
(a) The white woman.
(b) The Black woman.
(c) The Black man.
(d) The Asian woman.

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) Phoenix.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

3. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Pancreatic cancer.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What did police often ask Rankine and her husband when they were pulled over in New York City and New Jersey?
(a) Whether they had weapons.
(b) How they knew each other.
(c) How much money they had.
(d) Where they were going.

5. What does conversing risk mean, according to Rankine in Part IV?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Persecution.
(c) The unraveling of the said and the unsaid.
(d) Silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following situations arose in which a white woman filmed and threatened a Black man in Part IV?

2. Which Indiana police captain challenges another police captain over an issue of white privilege in a transcript in Part III?

3. In Part IV, what does Rankine write that a "force within the whiteness" does?

4. What did Rankine tell her marriage counselor in front of her husband that was hurtful to her husband?

5. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?

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