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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 of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?
(a) To chase.
(b) To feed.
(c) To garden.
(d) To make pure.

2. What does conversing risk mean, according to Rankine in Part IV?
(a) Persecution.
(b) Destruction.
(c) The unraveling of the said and the unsaid.
(d) Silence.

3. What does Rankine refer to "the gloom" in her poem in Part III?
(a) The lack of nuance in discussions about racism.
(b) The off-white of white.
(c) Toadyism.
(d) The way white people often deflect discussions about racism.

4. 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.

5. What does Rankine outright accuse the other guests at the dinner party of doing to her in trying to change the subject away from racism?
(a) Being as bad as the president himself.
(b) Trying to get her fired.
(c) Being complicit in violence.
(d) Silencing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common critical response to the Black Lives Matter slogan?

2. Which university does Rankine work for?

3. What does Rankine insist at a dinner party in Part III was a major cause of Donald Trump's presidential election in 2016?

4. What does Rankine write that she is trying to understand in the very beginning of Part III?

5. Which Florida governor used a racially charged expression, according to Rankine, when running in 2018 against a Black opponent?

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