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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 does Rankine say she wants her daughter to be able to "negotiate the world" with?
(a) Justice.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Faith in the police.
(d) Emphatic imagination.

2. What is one possible reason Rankine thinks white people do not develop close friendships with Black people?
(a) White people feel too guilty about white violence to have close friendships with Black people.
(b) White people do not know enough Black people.
(c) White people are uncomfortable by the income gap between white and Black people.
(d) White people do not want to be confronted by white violence against Black people.

3. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?
(a) Fear.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Marginalization.
(d) Humor.

4. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?
(a) Whitney Dow.
(b) Jefferson Turfley.
(c) Michael Moore.
(d) Jan Ringlow.

5. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?
(a) The Black woman.
(b) The Black man.
(c) The white woman.
(d) The Asian woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?

2. In which city does Rankine's plane land in Part IV in which a woman has to be taken off the plane by EMTs?

3. What is the name for the pictures photographers used to use to gauge skin tone?

4. What is the audience instructed to do at the end of the play in Part III?

5. What does Rankine's white friend do to try to explain her actions at the play to Rankine after the fact?

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