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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 theorist studied Google searches for the term evolution and found that the results were mostly portrayals of the height of evolution as the body of a white male?
(a) Fabrize Stellin.
(b) Benjamin Eleanor Adam.
(c) Nelson Benson.
(d) Henderson Mellowin.

2. What claim of psychologist Kristina Olson's does Rankine cite on children and racial preferences?
(a) By about 15 years of age, American children show no real racial preferences.
(b) By about 3 months old, American, Canadia, and Australian children show some signs of racial preferences.
(c) By about 10 years of age, American children show racial preferences.
(d) By 3 or 4 years of age, white children in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe show preferences for other white children.

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

4. What does Rankine think about the preschool teacher's tears when her friend removed her young son from the private school?
(a) She thinks the teacher feared for her own job.
(b) She thinks the teacher must have been remorseful.
(c) She thinks the teacher was suspicious.
(d) She thinks of white female fragility and victimhood.

5. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?
(a) The twelfth century.
(b) The 1800s.
(c) The eighth century.
(d) The 1600s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?

3. What does Rankine write that college admissions processes are full of?

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

5. What trope does Rankine worry she is "sailing closer" to in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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