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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 135 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a young boy tell his classmate, who was the child of a friend of Rankine's, he had done by giving Goldilocks dark skin in a picture he colored?
(a) Ruined her.
(b) Made her less intelligent.
(c) Made her a liar.
(d) Improved her.

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

3. What subject did philosopher Charles Mills and sociologist Wulf Hund edit a volume of essays about?
(a) The history of slavery in Britain.
(b) Simianization.
(c) The history of the American Civil War.
(d) Reparations.

4. What does Rankine's white friend tell her about why she refused to follow the play's instructions at the end of the play in Part III?
(a) She had never been to a play like that before and she thought the instructions were a joke.
(b) She had to take a phone call instead.
(c) She did not want to.
(d) She felt sick and could not stand up.

5. What does one dinner party guest try to turn people's attention to to change the subject from racism that Rankine brings up?
(a) The dessert tray.
(b) The rainbow outside.
(c) The dog.
(d) Rankine's beautiful clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?

2. Which kinds of experiments does Rankine cite from Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark on racism?

3. Which writer refers to "the afterlife of slavery"?

4. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?

5. What does Rankine write that George Wallace attributed his political success to?

(see the answer key)

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