View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following young Black men was violently killed for no cause in 2012?
(a) Trayvon Martin.
(b) Martin Davis.
(c) George Floyd.
(d) Rauri Stone.

2. What is the name of former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir, which Rankine references in Part III?
(a) Finding My Voice.
(b) Unwinding.
(c) Becoming.
(d) Homegoing.

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

4. What book of Wendy Travino's does Rankine's friend ask if she has read in Part IV?
(a) Si Se Puede: A Biography.
(b) Brazilian Is Not a Race.
(c) The New Latinos.
(d) Finding Their Power: Latin Americans in the Modern Age.

5. Which Latino poet does Rankine discuss briefly with her friend in Part IV?
(a) Roberto Beto.
(b) Jose Marti.
(c) Jiminez Gutierriez.
(d) Rafael Bolo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet described love partially as "a close reading"?

2. Which philosopher does Rankine invoke in her eventual answer to the white professor's questions about her Black students in Part V?

3. In which city does Rankine's plane land in Part IV in which a woman has to be taken off the plane by EMTs?

4. What was the 2017 white supremacist rally in Virginia supposedly organized to respond to?

5. Which first lady does the actress who becomes blacklisted speak with in the 1960s, which leads to her being blacklisted?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample