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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. In Part IV, what does Rankine write that a "force within the whiteness" does?
(a) Silences Blacks.
(b) Brings privilege to bear.
(c) Forces the whiteness.
(d) Wins the fights.

2. Which fashion brand does Rankine write cultivated an aura of the white, wealthy country-club set throughout the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s?
(a) Ashbrown.
(b) Tommy Hilfiger.
(c) Mode.
(d) Ralph Lauren.

3. Which columnist and fiction writer does Rankine include a tweet from about similar racist treatment in airports in Part I?
(a) Jesmyn Willow.
(b) Micheline Marrow.
(c) Roxane Gay.
(d) Marjorie Bearing.

4. What did police often ask Rankine and her husband when they were pulled over in New York City and New Jersey?
(a) Where they were going.
(b) How much money they had.
(c) How they knew each other.
(d) Whether they had weapons.

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 complicit in violence.
(b) Silencing her.
(c) Trying to get her fired.
(d) Being as bad as the president himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which university does Rankine work for?

2. In which city in Virginia did a white supremacist rally take place in 2017?

3. What did Rankine tell her marriage counselor in front of her husband that was hurtful to her husband?

4. Which Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?

5. What is the name for the pictures photographers used to use to gauge skin tone?

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