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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 Saturday Night Live actress tweeted about harassment comparing her to an ape?
(a) Melissa Villasenor.
(b) Kristen Wiig.
(c) Leslie Jones.
(d) Shasheer Zameta.

2. What was the 2017 white supremacist rally in Virginia supposedly organized to respond to?
(a) The election of the first Black president.
(b) A new book by a prominent Black legal scholar.
(c) Calls to remove the Confederate statue in Charlottesville.
(d) Affirmative action.

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

4. What source does Rankine recommend for an extended argument for integration?
(a) Elizabeth Anderson's The Imperative of Integration.
(b) Toni Morrison's Beloved.
(c) Alex Haley's Roots.
(d) Plato's The Cave.

5. What does Rankine identify as an "idle thought" when discussing her daughter's school and the white parents there?
(a) The idea that someday America might really be a post-racial society.
(b) The idea of playing the race card.
(c) The idea of affirmative action.
(d) The idea of a shared anxiety with white parents regarding the lack of diversity at the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?

2. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?

3. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?

4. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?

5. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?

(see the answer key)

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