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

2. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?
(a) Economic inequality.
(b) Unequal access to higher education.
(c) Anti-Black racism.
(d) Poisoned water systems.

3. What does the sign the man in the photograph on page 140 of this book say?
(a) I do not have enough food to eat; how can I be privileged?
(b) I am not ashamed/afraid to be white.
(c) No whites, no service.
(d) I am not white male privilege.

4. What does a white male friend of Rankine's who was recently passed over for a job tell Rankine about it?
(a) He feels as if he may never get another job again.
(b) He feels he was absorbing the problems of the world, meaning he was being punished for the sins of his forefathers.
(c) He feels they offered him a lower salary because he is white.
(d) He feels he would not have been good at the job anyway.

5. What does Rankine identify as an "idle thought" when discussing her daughter's school and the white parents there?
(a) The idea of playing the race card.
(b) The idea that someday America might really be a post-racial society.
(c) The idea of affirmative action.
(d) The idea of a shared anxiety with white parents regarding the lack of diversity at the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city does Rankine's plane land in Part IV in which a woman has to be taken off the plane by EMTs?

2. What does Rankine write holds a place in her "referential memory" in a way it does not in white people's memory?

3. What does Rankine write that she would have preferred from the woman who tried to change the subject from racism at the dinner party instead of "false civility"?

4. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude that the Black race could not produce?

5. Which Latino poet does Rankine discuss briefly with her friend in Part IV?

(see the answer key)

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