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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 does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?
(a) She finds that she always ends up talking with other people working in academia.
(b) She does not often fall into conversation with white men.
(c) She never ends up talking with Asian people.
(d) She ends up speaking with younger people constantly.

2. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?
(a) Breast cancer.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Pancreatic cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

3. What phrase does Rankine's seatmate on a flight in Part I say that Rankine says pulls an emergency brake in her brain?
(a) I do not experience white privilege.
(b) I don't see color.
(c) I am not a racist.
(d) I do not think Black Lives Matter is a legitimate organization.

4. Which Florida governor used a racially charged expression, according to Rankine, when running in 2018 against a Black opponent?
(a) Evan Stone.
(b) Charlie Baker.
(c) Rick Scott.
(d) Ron DeSantis.

5. Which university does Rankine work for?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?

2. What does Rankine say she wants her daughter to be able to "negotiate the world" with?

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

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

5. Which Indiana police captain challenges another police captain over an issue of white privilege in a transcript in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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