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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 267 - 335).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?
(a) All the Single Ladies.
(b) Beach.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Forever.

2. Which Indiana police captain challenges another police captain over an issue of white privilege in a transcript in Part III?
(a) Penny Holder.
(b) Carri Weber.
(c) Rainie Blackenship.
(d) Riley Winston.

3. What does Rankine quote comedian Chris Rock as saying in Part IV?
(a) White people should walk in his shoes for one day.
(b) Black people are survivors and white people could learn from that.
(c) No white man in the audience would change places with him, and he is rich.
(d) Black people's humor comes from much tragedy.

4. Which city in Michigan suffered from lead-tainted water?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Flint.
(c) Missoula.
(d) Dearborne.

5. In Part IV, what does Rankine write that a "force within the whiteness" does?
(a) Silences Blacks.
(b) Brings privilege to bear.
(c) Forces the whiteness.
(d) Wins the fights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in the workshop say about the scenario comparing a Black person to a monkey?

2. What disease was at the center of the Tuskegee tragedy?

3. What is one major difference Rankine understands between her life and that of her dear white friend in Part III, even though they share many similarities?

4. Which Saturday Night Live actress tweeted about harassment comparing her to an ape?

5. What did the CDC report about breast cancer disparities between white and Black people?

(see the answer key)

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