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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 is the name of former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir, which Rankine references in Part III?
(a) Homegoing.
(b) Becoming.
(c) Unwinding.
(d) Finding My Voice.

2. Which kinds of experiments does Rankine cite from Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark on racism?
(a) The "doll tests" with children choosing dolls of different skin colors.
(b) The "Lucifer" experiments.
(c) The "marshmallow" tests.
(d) The "Singer" tests.

3. What was one argument the NYPD Union lawyers put forth in the death of Eric Garner at police hands, according to Rankine?
(a) Garner would have died anyway because he was obese.
(b) Police would not have killed Garner if he had been standing on the corner with other friends of his.
(c) Garner would have been convicted by a jury for his crimes.
(d) Garner forced police to use lethal force against him.

4. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?
(a) 35%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 75%.

5. What does Rankine write is "its own form of American optimism" in Part II?
(a) The idea that everyone is free.
(b) The idea that racism is a dynamic of youth and ignorance.
(c) The idea that elections can solve problems.
(d) The idea that America is a post-racial society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following situations arose in which a white woman filmed and threatened a Black man in Part IV?

2. What does Rankine question how far away she can get from by using the language of inquiry in Part IV?

3. What word did a preschool teacher for a friend of Rankine's four-year old son use for the child when he had a temper tantrum at school?

4. Which of the following does the Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about Blacks?

5. What does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?

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