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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 event did Rankine recall having heard about occuring on her college campus the year before she attended as a freshman?
(a) A cross burning.
(b) A mass shooting.
(c) A lynching.
(d) A police-involved killing.

2. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?
(a) Neil Gorsuch.
(b) Brett Kavanaugh.
(c) Samuel Alito.
(d) Clarence Thomas.

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

4. 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) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What did the CDC report about breast cancer disparities between white and Black people?

4. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

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

(see the answer key)

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