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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 Scott Arndt react to hearing the phrase "white male privilege" from a colleague?
(a) He said he thought it was a sad day for America.
(b) He said it aroused suspicion in him.
(c) He said it was fair.
(d) He said it was extremely offensive.

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

3. What word did a preschool teacher for a friend of Rankine's four-year old son use for the child when he had a temper tantrum at school?
(a) Malicious.
(b) Unhinged.
(c) Malevolent.
(d) Violent.

4. What word or phrase did Joyelle McSweeney define that Rankine includes in Part II?
(a) Necropastoral.
(b) Peripheral racism.
(c) Illusory racism.
(d) Fungeal.

5. How does the writer Rachel Kaadzi Ghanash describe the online community of violent white supremacists like the 2015 Charleston church shooter?
(a) They are young, heavily armed, and usually employed in well-paid jobs.
(b) They are highly educated, middle-aged, white, and heavily armed.
(c) They are mixed-race, somewhat educated, older, and heavily armed.
(d) They are white, young, heavily armed, and usually extremely socially awkward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific topic did George Wallace run successfully on?

2. What did the CDC report about breast cancer disparities between white and Black people?

3. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?

4. What does one white man tell Rankine he believes is his greatest privilege in his life in Part III?

5. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?

(see the answer key)

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