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

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

3. What does Rankine think is the probable outcome of her conversations at the dinner party in Part III?
(a) Her daughter will be embarrassed in school.
(b) The other guests will call the police.
(c) She will not be invited back with this same group of people.
(d) At least one other guest will talk about her behind her back.

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

5. What event occurred in Washington D.C. on August 8, 1925?
(a) A large Ku Klux Klan rally.
(b) A hurricane that damaged the city.
(c) Bombings of several Black churches.
(d) A deadly clash between anti-racist protestors and white supremacist groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine write is "its own form of American optimism" in Part II?

2. What does Rankine refer to when she uses the term "R and R" in Part III?

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

4. What song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?

5. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?

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