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

2. Which tennis star does Rankine use as an example of the racism rife in the media?
(a) Venus Williams.
(b) John McEnroe.
(c) Naomi Osaka.
(d) Serena Williams.

3. What does the Eve Fowler print in Rankine's home say?
(a) Your truth is your truth.
(b) Far from roses this way goes.
(c) When we are old, we can sleep.
(d) Anyone telling anything is telling that thing.

4. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?
(a) Jane Zellen.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Ruby Sales.
(d) Richard Rothstein.

5. What is the name for the pictures photographers used to use to gauge skin tone?
(a) White Cards.
(b) Black Cards.
(c) Paint Cards.
(d) Shirley Cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific topic did George Wallace run successfully on?

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

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

4. What does a young Black woman who has dyed her hair blonde whom Rankine approaches on the street say when Rankine asks her why she chose this hairstyle?

5. What does Rankine question how far away she can get from by using the language of inquiry in Part IV?

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