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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 135 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which experiment results were used in the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case to show the adverse effect of racism on Black children?
(a) The marshmallow tests.
(b) The singer tests.
(c) The doll tests.
(d) The Lucifer tests.

2. How does the writer Rachel Kaadzi Ghanash describe the online community of violent white supremacists like the 2015 Charleston church shooter?
(a) They are mixed-race, somewhat educated, older, and heavily armed.
(b) They are young, heavily armed, and usually employed in well-paid jobs.
(c) They are highly educated, middle-aged, white, and heavily armed.
(d) They are white, young, heavily armed, and usually extremely socially awkward.

3. What did Rankine identify as her "most corrupt thought of the year" in Part II?
(a) She wondered if she had been passed over for a promotion because she is a Black woman.
(b) She wondered if her daughter would get into college.
(c) She wanted to find out what her supervisor really thought of her.
(d) She hesitated to go to her daughter's parent-teacher conference because she did not want the teacher's potential anti-Black bias to be conferred onto her daughter.

4. What is the name of former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir, which Rankine references in Part III?
(a) Finding My Voice.
(b) Unwinding.
(c) Homegoing.
(d) Becoming.

5. What does Rankine think is the probable outcome of her conversations at the dinner party in Part III?
(a) At least one other guest will talk about her behind her back.
(b) Her daughter will be embarrassed in school.
(c) The other guests will call the police.
(d) She will not be invited back with this same group of people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine outright accuse the other guests at the dinner party of doing to her in trying to change the subject away from racism?

2. What event did Rankine recall having heard about occuring on her college campus the year before she attended as a freshman?

3. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?

4. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?

5. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?

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