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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 Rankine think is the probable outcome of her conversations at the dinner party in Part III?
(a) At least one other guest will talk about her behind her back.
(b) Her daughter will be embarrassed in school.
(c) The other guests will call the police.
(d) She will not be invited back with this same group of people.

2. What song did Rankine and one of her white male co-travelers in Part I both love?
(a) Nightshift.
(b) Proud Mary.
(c) The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
(d) Born in the U.S.A.

3. Which West Indian writer does Rankine refer to in Part I in her section about air travel?
(a) Jondry Finland.
(b) Edouard Glissant.
(c) Edward Ismal.
(d) Richland Rowrey.

4. Which former U.S. President wrote parts of Notes on the State of Virginia?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) George Washington.

5. Where does Rankine say the phrase "people of color" originally came from?
(a) The court case Brown v. The Board of Education.
(b) Women of color.
(c) The great migration.
(d) The court case Loving v. Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine write that college admissions processes are full of?

2. What does Rankine refer to when she uses the term "R and R" in Part III?

3. Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?

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

5. What does the document Notes on the State of Virginia say that Blacks are much inferior to whites in?

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