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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 say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?
(a) He thinks he understands and recognizes his own privilege, and he certainly understands the right terminology to use.
(b) He does not like to engage on this topic.
(c) He teaches a class about white privilege similar to the one Rankine teaches.
(d) He has only recently begun to talk about white privilege.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Rankine's white male friend send her from the diversity workshop he attends?
(a) Desperate looks.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Crazy emojis.
(d) A request that she call him and manufacture a reason for him to have to leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?

3. What does a white male friend of Rankine's who was recently passed over for a job tell Rankine about it?

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

5. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?

(see the answer key)

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