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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. Why is Rankine so mad at her friend for not following the instructions at the play in Part III?
(a) She thinks it was her friend's way of showing how much more money she had than Rankine had.
(b) She thinks it demonstrates her friend's lifelong racist behavior.
(c) She thinks it was insulting to Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) She thinks it was disrespectful to the playwright and that it was also a way of exercising white privilege.

2. Which city in Michigan suffered from lead-tainted water?
(a) Dearborne.
(b) Missoula.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Flint.

3. What does Rankine write that she is trying to understand in the very beginning of Part III?
(a) Why telling a white male he has benefitted from white male privilege feels abusive to him.
(b) Why saying someone is racist seems offensive to that person.
(c) Why working as a researcher pays so little.
(d) Why so many people declined to be interviewed for her book.

4. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?
(a) Eye gaze patterns.
(b) Smelling patterns.
(c) Voice recognition patterns.
(d) Finger patterns.

5. What did police often ask Rankine and her husband when they were pulled over in New York City and New Jersey?
(a) Whether they had weapons.
(b) Where they were going.
(c) How they knew each other.
(d) How much money they had.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does one white man tell Rankine he is comfortable around Black people?

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

5. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?

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