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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. Which kinds of experiments does Rankine cite from Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark on racism?
(a) The "Lucifer" experiments.
(b) The "doll tests" with children choosing dolls of different skin colors.
(c) The "marshmallow" tests.
(d) The "Singer" tests.

2. Where does Rankine begin to undertake conversation with white men who are strangers?
(a) On subways.
(b) In restaurants.
(c) In airports and on airplanes.
(d) At her university.

3. What does Rankine refer to "the gloom" in her poem in Part III?
(a) Toadyism.
(b) The lack of nuance in discussions about racism.
(c) The way white people often deflect discussions about racism.
(d) The off-white of white.

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

5. What is a common critical response to the Black Lives Matter slogan?
(a) Some Lives Matter.
(b) All Lives Matter.
(c) No Lives Matter.
(d) All Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?

2. Who wrote the play Rankine goes to see in Part III with a white friend?

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

4. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?

5. Which experiment results were used in the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case to show the adverse effect of racism on Black children?

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