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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 does the white female judge say in Part IV about her son that shocks Rankine?
(a) He is not allowed to attend a university in a majority Black city.
(b) She has forbidden him to propose to his Black girlfriend.
(c) She is worried about his safety because he is moving to Brooklyn.
(d) He joined the army but does not want to serve in the same unit with Blacks.

2. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1790.

3. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?
(a) Marginalization.
(b) Humor.
(c) Fear.
(d) Resignation.

4. Which first lady does the actress who becomes blacklisted speak with in the 1960s, which leads to her being blacklisted?
(a) Jackie Kennedy.
(b) Rosalind Carter.
(c) Lady Bird Johnson.
(d) Mamie Eisenhower.

5. Which writer who gave a June 1981 keynote presentation at the National Women's Studies Association Conference that Rankine quotes from in Part III?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Audre Lorde.
(c) Amanda Gorman.
(d) Maya Angelou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?

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 claim of psychologist Kristina Olson's does Rankine cite on children and racial preferences?

4. What is the title of Ellen D. Wu's widely cited history on Asian Americans?

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?"

(see the answer key)

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