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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 267 - 335).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer refers to "the afterlife of slavery"?
(a) Saidya Hartman.
(b) Zora Neal Hurston.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Zadie Smith.

2. What is the term for the style of dying on the tips of one's hair blonde?
(a) Razoring.
(b) Feathering.
(c) Partial highlights.
(d) Ombre.

3. What does Rankine write that George Wallace attributed his political success to?
(a) Trying to preserve the history of the South.
(b) Lowering taxes.
(c) Helping farmers.
(d) The articulation of racist rhetoric.

4. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?
(a) Brutality.
(b) The White Man's Burden.
(c) Freedom From the Oppressor.
(d) The White Man's Guilt.

5. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?
(a) Raising foster children.
(b) Making art addressing the racist treatment of American citizens.
(c) Traveling to other countries to try to help set up health care centers for people of color.
(d) Teaching classes at small community colleges about racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine identify as an "idle thought" when discussing her daughter's school and the white parents there?

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

3. Who was the creator of the Barbie Doll?

4. What word or phrase did Joyelle McSweeney define that Rankine includes in Part II?

5. What ubiquitous coffee shop chain experienced a scandal for the racial bias an employee exhibited towards customers there in 2018?

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