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

2. What word did a preschool teacher for a friend of Rankine's four-year old son use for the child when he had a temper tantrum at school?
(a) Unhinged.
(b) Malevolent.
(c) Malicious.
(d) Violent.

3. What does Rankine write that she would have preferred from the woman who tried to change the subject from racism at the dinner party instead of "false civility"?
(a) Directness.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Reproach.

4. Which poet described love partially as "a close reading"?
(a) Fabrize Fabricant.
(b) Erica Hunt.
(c) Adrienne Richardson.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

5. How does the document Notes on the State of Virginia characterize the griefs of Black people?
(a) They are nonexistant.
(b) They are transient.
(c) They are deep.
(d) They are lengthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of public school teachers are white, according to the National Center for Education Statistics' data for 2015-16?

2. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?

3. In which city in Virginia did a white supremacist rally take place in 2017?

4. What does Rankine say she wants her daughter to be able to "negotiate the world" with?

5. What is the title of Ellen D. Wu's widely cited history on Asian Americans?

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