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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. Which senator does Rankine identify as having tried to justify white voters' reluctance to vote for Black candidates in the 2018 midterm elections?
(a) Mitch McConnell.
(b) Richard Blumenthal.
(c) Bernie Sanders.
(d) Graham Glenwald.

2. Why did one white friend of Rankine's tell her she had to defend her to her other white friends often?
(a) Because the white friends thought Rankine was too serious.
(b) Because the white friends thought Rankine was a radical.
(c) Because the white friends did not understand Rankine's academic work.
(d) Because the white friends thought Rankine did not like them.

3. What disease was at the center of the Tuskegee tragedy?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Syphilis.

4. Which Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?
(a) Michael Hawley.
(b) Clarence Thomas.
(c) Brett Kavanaugh.
(d) Neil Gorsuch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does theorist Barbara Johnson suggest about whatever narratives exist?

2. Who wrote the Atlantic article "The Case for Reparations"?

3. What does Rankine write that she would have preferred from the woman who tried to change the subject from racism at the dinner party instead of "false civility"?

4. 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?

5. What does Rankine write at the end of her section about police interactions with Black citizens in Part IV?

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