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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. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?
(a) If white people are all highly paid, why should they be moved to speak to their whiteness?
(b) If white people do not read history, how can they speak to their whiteness?
(c) If white people can't see their own whiteness, how can they speak to it?
(d) If white people are all tired of talking about police brutality, how can they speak to their whiteness?

2. 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?
(a) Rankine did not have children, and her friend did.
(b) Rankine did not have health insurance, and her friend did.
(c) Rankine did not have anyone else help her pay for college.
(d) Rankine did not have any inherited wealth.

3. How does the document Notes on the State of Virginia characterize the griefs of Black people?
(a) They are nonexistant.
(b) They are lengthy.
(c) They are transient.
(d) They are deep.

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) Reparations.
(d) Simianization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred in Washington D.C. on August 8, 1925?

2. Which actress does Rankine mention as being blacklisted in the 1960s?

3. What does the document Notes on the State of Virginia say that Blacks are much inferior to whites in?

4. What did police often ask Rankine and her husband when they were pulled over in New York City and New Jersey?

5. What does the sign the man in the photograph on page 140 of this book say?

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