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

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

3. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?
(a) The History of Whiteness in America.
(b) Constructions of Whiteness.
(c) Racism in America.
(d) The Tulsa Massacre and American History.

4. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?
(a) Marshall Maverick.
(b) Justin Roamley.
(c) Ruby Sales.
(d) Fabian Fabrize.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt 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 song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?

4. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?

5. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?

(see the answer key)

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