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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1- 69).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) The Commodores.
(c) Marvin Gaye.
(d) Bruce Springsteen.

2. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?
(a) If white people do not read history, how can they speak to their whiteness?
(b) If white people can't see their own whiteness, how can they speak to it?
(c) If white people are all tired of talking about police brutality, how can they speak to their whiteness?
(d) If white people are all highly paid, why should they be moved to speak to their whiteness?

3. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?
(a) Infringement on free speech.
(b) The precursors to riots.
(c) Ways to employ more people.
(d) De facto Jim Crow laws.

4. What phrase does Rankine's seatmate on a flight in Part I say that Rankine says pulls an emergency brake in her brain?
(a) I do not think Black Lives Matter is a legitimate organization.
(b) I don't see color.
(c) I do not experience white privilege.
(d) I am not a racist.

5. Which BBC broadcaster compared the mixed-race royal baby to an ape?
(a) Marie Mayhem.
(b) Danny Baker.
(c) Charlie Roads.
(d) Will Henderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in the workshop say about the scenario comparing a Black person to a monkey?

2. Which columnist and fiction writer does Rankine include a tweet from about similar racist treatment in airports in Part I?

3. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?

4. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?

5. At the very end of Part II, what statement does Rankine recall a white woman saying to her several weeks earlier?

(see the answer key)

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