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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 conversing risk mean, according to Rankine in Part IV?
(a) Silence.
(b) The unraveling of the said and the unsaid.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Persecution.

2. At the very end of Part II, what statement does Rankine recall a white woman saying to her several weeks earlier?
(a) America is a post-racist society after electing a Black president.
(b) Voter suppression laws make no difference.
(c) Blacks have to get up and fight for themselves.
(d) Antiracist work makes no difference.

3. What was the Old English word for "dyed," according to Rankine?
(a) Raven.
(b) Bloodied.
(c) Refresh.
(d) Beblonden.

4. Which visual artist produced a work titled I Looked and Looked and Failed to See What So Terrified You?
(a) Fred Moten.
(b) Carrie Mae Weems.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Luis Carlos.

5. Which writer used the phrase "the false fight for our humanity"?
(a) Frantz Fanon.
(b) Renee Descartes.
(c) Fred Moten.
(d) Ta-Nahisi Coates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which very famous actress only reluctantly dyed her hair blond, according to Rankine, which became the actresses's signature look?

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

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

4. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?

5. What question does a white man ask his female partner in an airport line that greatly turns Rankine and other passengers off in Part IV?

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