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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 which city in Virginia did a white supremacist rally take place in 2017?
(a) Charlottesville.
(b) Arlington.
(c) Dubray.
(d) Front Royal.

2. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?
(a) Michael Moore.
(b) Whitney Dow.
(c) Jan Ringlow.
(d) Jefferson Turfley.

3. Which columnist and fiction writer does Rankine include a tweet from about similar racist treatment in airports in Part I?
(a) Roxane Gay.
(b) Micheline Marrow.
(c) Jesmyn Willow.
(d) Marjorie Bearing.

4. What does Rankine identify as an "idle thought" when discussing her daughter's school and the white parents there?
(a) The idea of affirmative action.
(b) The idea that someday America might really be a post-racial society.
(c) The idea of playing the race card.
(d) The idea of a shared anxiety with white parents regarding the lack of diversity at the school.

5. How old was Rankine when she met her husband?
(a) 45.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does one white man whose son did not gain entry by early admission to Yale tell Rankine he thinks is part of the problem?

3. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?

4. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?

5. Which Florida governor used a racially charged expression, according to Rankine, when running in 2018 against a Black opponent?

(see the answer key)

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