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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 71 - 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did one white friend of Rankine's tell her she had to defend her to her other white friends often?
(a) Because the white friends did not understand Rankine's academic work.
(b) Because the white friends thought Rankine was a radical.
(c) Because the white friends thought Rankine did not like them.
(d) Because the white friends thought Rankine was too serious.

2. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?
(a) Humor.
(b) Marginalization.
(c) Fear.
(d) Resignation.

3. Which poet described love partially as "a close reading"?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Erica Hunt.
(c) Adrienne Richardson.
(d) Fabrize Fabricant.

4. What song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?
(a) Nightshift.
(b) Proud Mary.
(c) Born in the U.S.A.
(d) The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

5. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?
(a) Pancreatic cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) A heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Saturday Night Live actress tweeted about harassment comparing her to an ape?

2. What event did Rankine recall having heard about occuring on her college campus the year before she attended as a freshman?

3. What does Rankine write that college admissions processes are full of?

4. Which BBC broadcaster compared the mixed-race royal baby to an ape?

5. Which West Indian writer does Rankine refer to in Part I in her section about air travel?

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