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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. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?
(a) Marshall McLuhan.
(b) Farrow Garland.
(c) Peggy McIntosh.
(d) Evie Barlow.

2. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?
(a) White children have better memories than Black adults.
(b) They are about equal.
(c) Whites have better memories than Blacks.
(d) Blacks have better memories than whites.

3. 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.

4. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?
(a) Social death.
(b) Social invisibility.
(c) Social landing.
(d) Social capital.

5. 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?
(a) Being complicit in violence.
(b) Trying to get her fired.
(c) Being as bad as the president himself.
(d) Silencing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine's white friend tell her about why she refused to follow the play's instructions at the end of the play in Part III?

2. What does Rankine write holds a place in her "referential memory" in a way it does not in white people's memory?

3. Who said, "I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife?"

4. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?

5. What is a common critical response to the Black Lives Matter slogan?

(see the answer key)

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