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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 disease was at the center of the Tuskegee tragedy?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. What does Rankine's white male friend send her from the diversity workshop he attends?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Desperate looks.
(c) A request that she call him and manufacture a reason for him to have to leave.
(d) Crazy emojis.

3. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?
(a) To garden.
(b) To make pure.
(c) To chase.
(d) To feed.

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

5. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?
(a) Constructions of Whiteness.
(b) The Tulsa Massacre and American History.
(c) The History of Whiteness in America.
(d) Racism in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event did Rankine recall having heard about occuring on her college campus the year before she attended as a freshman?

2. What does Rankine think about the preschool teacher's tears when her friend removed her young son from the private school?

3. Whose cells did researchers use for genetic experiments without her consent?

4. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?

5. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?

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