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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. Where does Rankine begin to undertake conversation with white men who are strangers?
(a) On subways.
(b) In restaurants.
(c) At her university.
(d) In airports and on airplanes.

2. Which Saturday Night Live actress tweeted about harassment comparing her to an ape?
(a) Kristen Wiig.
(b) Shasheer Zameta.
(c) Leslie Jones.
(d) Melissa Villasenor.

3. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?
(a) To feed.
(b) To garden.
(c) To make pure.
(d) To chase.

4. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?
(a) Fabian Fabrize.
(b) Justin Roamley.
(c) Marshall Maverick.
(d) Ruby Sales.

5. Which theorist studied Google searches for the term evolution and found that the results were mostly portrayals of the height of evolution as the body of a white male?
(a) Henderson Mellowin.
(b) Nelson Benson.
(c) Fabrize Stellin.
(d) Benjamin Eleanor Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?

2. What does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?

3. Which West Indian writer does Rankine refer to in Part I in her section about air travel?

4. What source does Rankine recommend for an extended argument for integration?

5. What subject did philosopher Charles Mills and sociologist Wulf Hund edit a volume of essays about?

(see the answer key)

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