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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 71 - 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?
(a) Marginalization.
(b) Fear.
(c) Humor.
(d) Resignation.

2. What did the man on the plane tell Rankine he misrepresented to her in his story about his hometown?
(a) There was more racism and racist behavior there than he let on.
(b) He was actually from a poor family.
(c) He had actually witnessed police brutality against Blacks.
(d) He was not from the hometown he said he was.

3. Which writer refers to "the afterlife of slavery"?
(a) Zora Neal Hurston.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Saidya Hartman.

4. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?
(a) To garden.
(b) To chase.
(c) To feed.
(d) To make pure.

5. 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) Henderson Mellowin.
(b) Nelson Benson.
(c) Fabrize Stellin.
(d) Benjamin Eleanor Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which university does Rankine work for?

2. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?

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

4. What is the name for the pictures photographers used to use to gauge skin tone?

5. Which West Indian writer does Rankine refer to in Part I in her section about air travel?

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