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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 does the sign the man in the photograph on page 140 of this book say?
(a) I do not have enough food to eat; how can I be privileged?
(b) I am not ashamed/afraid to be white.
(c) No whites, no service.
(d) I am not white male privilege.

2. What does Rankine think about her friend's response to the incident at the play in Part III?
(a) She wants to ask her other colleagues what they think about the whole situation.
(b) She is thankful for the response but she stops speaking to her white friend.
(c) She is encouraged that they are engaging in conversation about what happened.
(d) She is even more upset by it.

3. What name does Rankine write that Senator Ted Cruz was formerly known by?
(a) Ben Parnell Cruz.
(b) Percival Edward Cruz.
(c) Rafael Edward Cruz.
(d) Jose Robin Cruz.

4. In which city does Rankine's plane land in Part IV in which a woman has to be taken off the plane by EMTs?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Phoenix.

5. What does Rankine write that she is trying to understand in the very beginning of Part III?
(a) Why working as a researcher pays so little.
(b) Why telling a white male he has benefitted from white male privilege feels abusive to him.
(c) Why saying someone is racist seems offensive to that person.
(d) Why so many people declined to be interviewed for her book.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?

2. What phrase does Rankine say Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan had its roots in?

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

4. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?

5. Why did Rankine bolster the security at her own home?

(see the answer key)

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