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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. What song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?
(a) Born in the U.S.A.
(b) The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
(c) Proud Mary.
(d) Nightshift.

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

3. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?
(a) Jefferson Turfley.
(b) Michael Moore.
(c) Whitney Dow.
(d) Jan Ringlow.

4. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?
(a) Freedom From the Oppressor.
(b) The White Man's Guilt.
(c) Brutality.
(d) The White Man's Burden.

5. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?
(a) Social invisibility.
(b) Social capital.
(c) Social landing.
(d) Social death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?

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

4. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?

5. Where does Rankine begin to undertake conversation with white men who are strangers?

(see the answer key)

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