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

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

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

4. Which of the following does the Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about Blacks?
(a) They do not reproduce as easily as whites.
(b) They do not have as long of a lifespan as whites.
(c) They are less muscular than whites.
(d) They require less sleep than whites.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?

3. What does a white male friend of Rankine's who was recently passed over for a job tell Rankine about it?

4. In which city in Virginia did a white supremacist rally take place in 2017?

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

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