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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 does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?
(a) She does not often fall into conversation with white men.
(b) She never ends up talking with Asian people.
(c) She finds that she always ends up talking with other people working in academia.
(d) She ends up speaking with younger people constantly.

2. What do the people in the workshop say about the scenario comparing a Black person to a monkey?
(a) It was above their pay grade.
(b) It was something that should be taken up in court.
(c) It was a fireable offense.
(d) It was supposed to be a joke.

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

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

5. 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) Blacks have to get up and fight for themselves.
(c) Antiracist work makes no difference.
(d) Voter suppression laws make no difference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?

2. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?

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

4. Which university does Rankine work for?

5. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?

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