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

2. How does the document Notes on the State of Virginia characterize the griefs of Black people?
(a) They are deep.
(b) They are transient.
(c) They are lengthy.
(d) They are nonexistant.

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

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

5. What does Rankine write that college admissions processes are full of?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Public grievance.
(c) Magic.
(d) Gray areas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rankine identify as an "idle thought" when discussing her daughter's school and the white parents there?

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 did the man on the plane tell Rankine he misrepresented to her in his story about his hometown?

5. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?

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