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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 Notes on the State of Virginia conclude that the Black race could not produce?
(a) A scientist.
(b) A poet.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A musician.

2. Which of the following situations arose in which a white woman filmed and threatened a Black man in Part IV?
(a) A white woman accused a Black man of threatening her life when he asked her to put her dog on a leash.
(b) A white woman accused a Black man of stealing her cell phone with no evidence.
(c) A white woman questioned whether a Black man was really a police officer when, in fact, he was.
(d) A white woman questioned whether a Black man lived in his own apartment building and told him she was uncomfortable with him entering it.

3. What was one argument the NYPD Union lawyers put forth in the death of Eric Garner at police hands, according to Rankine?
(a) Police would not have killed Garner if he had been standing on the corner with other friends of his.
(b) Garner would have died anyway because he was obese.
(c) Garner would have been convicted by a jury for his crimes.
(d) Garner forced police to use lethal force against him.

4. What phrase does Rankine say Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan had its roots in?
(a) The United Farm Workers of America's phrase, Si Se Puede.
(b) A Billie Holiday song.
(c) A Louis Armstrong song.
(d) Nike's advertising slogan.

5. What does Rankine write at the end of her section about police interactions with Black citizens in Part IV?
(a) Many white politicians have tried to sideline and belittle the Black Lives Matter movement.
(b) Brutality and mistreatment are not isolated incidents.
(c) There need to be new laws governing police mistreatment of Blacks.
(d) Blacks Lives Matter is a step in the right direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which comedian does Rankine call out in Part IV for revealing parts of his racial identity but not revealing other parts of his racial identity?

2. What does one dinner party guest try to turn people's attention to to change the subject from racism that Rankine brings up?

3. What book does Rankine question if she has read herself too many times?

4. Where does Rankine say the phrase "people of color" originally came from?

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

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