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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 209 - 266).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?
(a) Samuel Alito.
(b) Brett Kavanaugh.
(c) Neil Gorsuch.
(d) Clarence Thomas.
2. What does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?
(a) She finds that she always ends up talking with other people working in academia.
(b) She never ends up talking with Asian people.
(c) She does not often fall into conversation with white men.
(d) She ends up speaking with younger people constantly.
3. Why is Rankine so mad at her friend for not following the instructions at the play in Part III?
(a) She thinks it demonstrates her friend's lifelong racist behavior.
(b) She thinks it was insulting to Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) She thinks it was disrespectful to the playwright and that it was also a way of exercising white privilege.
(d) She thinks it was her friend's way of showing how much more money she had than Rankine had.
4. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?
(a) The White Man's Burden.
(b) Freedom From the Oppressor.
(c) Brutality.
(d) The White Man's Guilt.
5. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?
(a) Ways to employ more people.
(b) De facto Jim Crow laws.
(c) Infringement on free speech.
(d) The precursors to riots.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one major difference Rankine understands between her life and that of her dear white friend in Part III, even though they share many similarities?
2. What does Rankine think is the probable outcome of her conversations at the dinner party in Part III?
3. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?
4. What does Rankine say she wants her daughter to be able to "negotiate the world" with?
5. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?
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