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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) In airports and on airplanes.
(b) On subways.
(c) At her university.
(d) In restaurants.

2. Which West Indian writer does Rankine refer to in Part I in her section about air travel?
(a) Richland Rowrey.
(b) Jondry Finland.
(c) Edward Ismal.
(d) Edouard Glissant.

3. Which university does Rankine work for?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Yale.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?

5. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?

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