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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 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"?
(a) Reproach.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Directness.

2. What word did a preschool teacher for a friend of Rankine's four-year old son use for the child when he had a temper tantrum at school?
(a) Malevolent.
(b) Unhinged.
(c) Malicious.
(d) Violent.

3. What does Rankine write holds a place in her "referential memory" in a way it does not in white people's memory?
(a) The legacy of slavery.
(b) The poem The White Man's Burden.
(c) The history of experimenting on Black people.
(d) The legacy of Jim Crow laws.

4. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?
(a) The Asian woman.
(b) The Black man.
(c) The Black woman.
(d) The white woman.

5. What is the term for the style of dying on the tips of one's hair blonde?
(a) Ombre.
(b) Partial highlights.
(c) Razoring.
(d) Feathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rankine identify as her "most corrupt thought of the year" in Part II?

2. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?

3. What does Rankine do to small pieces of the text of her poem on page 213 that is visually striking?

4. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?

5. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?

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