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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 white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?
(a) Michael Moore.
(b) Whitney Dow.
(c) Jefferson Turfley.
(d) Jan Ringlow.

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

3. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?
(a) Peggy McIntosh.
(b) Marshall McLuhan.
(c) Farrow Garland.
(d) Evie Barlow.

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

5. What is the name for the pictures photographers used to use to gauge skin tone?
(a) Black Cards.
(b) White Cards.
(c) Paint Cards.
(d) Shirley Cards.

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. What do the people in the workshop say about the scenario comparing a Black person to a monkey?

4. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?

5. What does a white male friend of Rankine's who was recently passed over for a job tell Rankine about it?

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