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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 Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Brett Kavanaugh.
(c) Neil Gorsuch.
(d) Michael Hawley.

2. What does Rankine say she wants her daughter to be able to "negotiate the world" with?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Justice.
(c) Faith in the police.
(d) Emphatic imagination.

3. What subject did philosopher Charles Mills and sociologist Wulf Hund edit a volume of essays about?
(a) The history of the American Civil War.
(b) Simianization.
(c) Reparations.
(d) The history of slavery in Britain.

4. What rhetorical question does Rankine ask following the 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings about the differences in how Americans treat young Black men and young white men?
(a) Do statistics mean nothing any longer?
(b) What is an alternative fact?
(c) How wrong does someone have to be before things change?
(d) Whose boys get to be boys?

5. What does one white man whose son did not gain entry by early admission to Yale tell Rankine he thinks is part of the problem?
(a) His son's grades were not high enough.
(b) He did not donate any money to the university.
(c) The Asians are flooding the Ivy Leagues.
(d) His son did not have enough extra-curricular activities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Indiana police captain challenges another police captain over an issue of white privilege in a transcript in Part III?

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

4. Why is Rankine so mad at her friend for not following the instructions at the play in Part III?

5. What was one argument the NYPD Union lawyers put forth in the death of Eric Garner at police hands, according to Rankine?

(see the answer key)

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