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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. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?
(a) To feed.
(b) To make pure.
(c) To chase.
(d) To garden.

2. Which columnist and fiction writer does Rankine include a tweet from about similar racist treatment in airports in Part I?
(a) Jesmyn Willow.
(b) Micheline Marrow.
(c) Marjorie Bearing.
(d) Roxane Gay.

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

4. In which city in Virginia did a white supremacist rally take place in 2017?
(a) Arlington.
(b) Dubray.
(c) Front Royal.
(d) Charlottesville.

5. Who said, "I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife?"
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) William Harrison.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude that the Black race could not produce?

2. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

3. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?

4. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?

5. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?

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