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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 subject did philosopher Charles Mills and sociologist Wulf Hund edit a volume of essays about?
(a) The history of the American Civil War.
(b) The history of slavery in Britain.
(c) Simianization.
(d) Reparations.

2. What source does Rankine recommend for an extended argument for integration?
(a) Alex Haley's Roots.
(b) Elizabeth Anderson's The Imperative of Integration.
(c) Toni Morrison's Beloved.
(d) Plato's The Cave.

3. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?
(a) Ruby Sales.
(b) Richard Rothstein.
(c) Jane Zellen.
(d) Maya Angelou.

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

5. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?
(a) Samuel Alito.
(b) Neil Gorsuch.
(c) Clarence Thomas.
(d) Brett Kavanaugh.

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. Which Florida governor used a racially charged expression, according to Rankine, when running in 2018 against a Black opponent?

3. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?

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 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?

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