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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. What source does Rankine recommend for an extended argument for integration?
(a) Alex Haley's Roots.
(b) Plato's The Cave.
(c) Elizabeth Anderson's The Imperative of Integration.
(d) Toni Morrison's Beloved.

2. What does Rankine refer to "the gloom" in her poem in Part III?
(a) The lack of nuance in discussions about racism.
(b) The off-white of white.
(c) Toadyism.
(d) The way white people often deflect discussions about racism.

3. What word or phrase did Joyelle McSweeney define that Rankine includes in Part II?
(a) Necropastoral.
(b) Illusory racism.
(c) Fungeal.
(d) Peripheral racism.

4. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?
(a) 20%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 75%.

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) The other guests will call the police.
(c) She will not be invited back with this same group of people.
(d) Her daughter will be embarrassed in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Scott Arndt react to hearing the phrase "white male privilege" from a colleague?

2. What was the name of the 2017 Virginia rally of white supremacists?

3. What song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?

4. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?

5. What television series starring Reese Witherspoon does Rankine reference in the text in Part III?

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