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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. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?
(a) Forever.
(b) Beach.
(c) All the Single Ladies.
(d) Lemonade.

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

3. What did the CDC report about breast cancer disparities between white and Black people?
(a) Black women see doctors at lower rates than white women do.
(b) Black and white women get breast cancer at about the same rate, but Black women die at higher rates from breast cancer than white women do.
(c) Black women get breast cancer at higher rates than white women do.
(d) Black women have less access to treatments for breast cancer than white women do.

4. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1781.

5. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?
(a) He thinks he understands and recognizes his own privilege, and he certainly understands the right terminology to use.
(b) He teaches a class about white privilege similar to the one Rankine teaches.
(c) He has only recently begun to talk about white privilege.
(d) He does not like to engage on this topic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

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

3. Which university does Rankine work for?

4. What word or phrase did Joyelle McSweeney define that Rankine includes in Part II?

5. What is one possible reason Rankine thinks white people do not develop close friendships with Black people?

(see the answer key)

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