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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. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?
(a) The 1800s.
(b) The twelfth century.
(c) The 1600s.
(d) The eighth century.

2. Which poet described love partially as "a close reading"?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Erica Hunt.
(c) Adrienne Richardson.
(d) Fabrize Fabricant.

3. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?
(a) Peggy McIntosh.
(b) Farrow Garland.
(c) Evie Barlow.
(d) Marshall McLuhan.

4. Which university does Rankine work for?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

5. Which of the following young Black men was violently killed for no cause in 2012?
(a) Martin Davis.
(b) George Floyd.
(c) Rauri Stone.
(d) Trayvon Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?

2. Which writer who gave a June 1981 keynote presentation at the National Women's Studies Association Conference that Rankine quotes from in Part III?

3. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?

4. What book does Rankine question if she has read herself too many times?

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

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