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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) Jefferson Turfley.
(b) Jan Ringlow.
(c) Michael Moore.
(d) Whitney Dow.

2. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?
(a) He thinks he understands and recognizes his own privilege, and he certainly understands the right terminology to use.
(b) He teaches a class about white privilege similar to the one Rankine teaches.
(c) He does not like to engage on this topic.
(d) He has only recently begun to talk about white privilege.

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

4. What word or phrase did Joyelle McSweeney define that Rankine includes in Part II?
(a) Fungeal.
(b) Illusory racism.
(c) Peripheral racism.
(d) Necropastoral.

5. 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 do not experience white privilege.
(b) I don't see color.
(c) I am not a racist.
(d) I do not think Black Lives Matter is a legitimate organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?

2. Which of the following does the Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about Blacks?

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

4. Which Florida governor used a racially charged expression, according to Rankine, when running in 2018 against a Black opponent?

5. What does Rankine identify as an "idle thought" when discussing her daughter's school and the white parents there?

(see the answer key)

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