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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. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?
(a) Returning soldiers from the war brought their army-issued khakis to campus to wear.
(b) Fashion brands starting having their models wear them to parks.
(c) They helped kids blend into their surroundings so as not to attract unwanted attention.
(d) Families liked them because they were easy to wash.

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

3. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?
(a) Making art addressing the racist treatment of American citizens.
(b) Traveling to other countries to try to help set up health care centers for people of color.
(c) Teaching classes at small community colleges about racism.
(d) Raising foster children.

4. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?
(a) Beach.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Forever.
(d) All the Single Ladies.

5. Who said, "I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife?"
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) William Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which theorist studied Google searches for the term evolution and found that the results were mostly portrayals of the height of evolution as the body of a white male?

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

3. What television series starring Reese Witherspoon does Rankine reference in the text in Part III?

4. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?

5. Why does one white man tell Rankine he is comfortable around Black people?

(see the answer key)

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