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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 object did white supremacist demonstrators in Virginia use in 2017 during rally there?
(a) Swiss army knives.
(b) Robeson flags.
(c) Tiki torches.
(d) Bakelite Flashlights.

2. Which play does Rankine go to see with a white friend of hers in Part III?
(a) The Others.
(b) Fairview.
(c) Disgraced.
(d) Humans.

3. Which Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?
(a) Michael Hawley.
(b) Brett Kavanaugh.
(c) Clarence Thomas.
(d) Neil Gorsuch.

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

5. Which first lady does the actress who becomes blacklisted speak with in the 1960s, which leads to her being blacklisted?
(a) Mamie Eisenhower.
(b) Jackie Kennedy.
(c) Rosalind Carter.
(d) Lady Bird Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?

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

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

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

5. What did the man on the plane tell Rankine he misrepresented to her in his story about his hometown?

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