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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 does the document Notes on the State of Virginia say that Blacks are much inferior to whites in?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Visual acuity.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Reason.

2. What does Rankine write that college admissions processes are full of?
(a) Magic.
(b) Public grievance.
(c) Gray areas.
(d) Corruption.

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

4. What does a white male friend of Rankine's who was recently passed over for a job tell Rankine about it?
(a) He feels as if he may never get another job again.
(b) He feels they offered him a lower salary because he is white.
(c) He feels he would not have been good at the job anyway.
(d) He feels he was absorbing the problems of the world, meaning he was being punished for the sins of his forefathers.

5. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?
(a) Social invisibility.
(b) Social capital.
(c) Social death.
(d) Social landing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?

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

3. What phrase does Rankine's seatmate on a flight in Part I say that Rankine says pulls an emergency brake in her brain?

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

5. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?

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