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

2. What phrase does Rankine's seatmate on a flight in Part I say that Rankine says pulls an emergency brake in her brain?
(a) I am not a racist.
(b) I do not think Black Lives Matter is a legitimate organization.
(c) I don't see color.
(d) I do not experience white privilege.

3. 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) William Harrison.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. Which Florida governor used a racially charged expression, according to Rankine, when running in 2018 against a Black opponent?
(a) Charlie Baker.
(b) Rick Scott.
(c) Evan Stone.
(d) Ron DeSantis.

5. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?
(a) 35%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 20%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did one white friend of Rankine's tell her she had to defend her to her other white friends often?

2. What does the Eve Fowler print in Rankine's home say?

3. From what event does Rankine include a photograph of men giving a Nazi salute in front of a burning swastika in Part II?

4. What does one white man whose son did not gain entry by early admission to Yale tell Rankine he thinks is part of the problem?

5. At the very end of Part II, what statement does Rankine recall a white woman saying to her several weeks earlier?

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