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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. What does Rankine quote comedian Chris Rock as saying in Part IV?
(a) Black people's humor comes from much tragedy.
(b) White people should walk in his shoes for one day.
(c) No white man in the audience would change places with him, and he is rich.
(d) Black people are survivors and white people could learn from that.

2. What book of Wendy Travino's does Rankine's friend ask if she has read in Part IV?
(a) The New Latinos.
(b) Brazilian Is Not a Race.
(c) Finding Their Power: Latin Americans in the Modern Age.
(d) Si Se Puede: A Biography.

3. What event occurred in Washington D.C. on August 8, 1925?
(a) Bombings of several Black churches.
(b) A large Ku Klux Klan rally.
(c) A hurricane that damaged the city.
(d) A deadly clash between anti-racist protestors and white supremacist groups.

4. What does Rankine write at the end of her section about police interactions with Black citizens in Part IV?
(a) Blacks Lives Matter is a step in the right direction.
(b) Many white politicians have tried to sideline and belittle the Black Lives Matter movement.
(c) There need to be new laws governing police mistreatment of Blacks.
(d) Brutality and mistreatment are not isolated incidents.

5. What ubiquitous coffee shop chain experienced a scandal for the racial bias an employee exhibited towards customers there in 2018?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Xando.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Wendy Roth's book that Rankine cites in Part IV?

2. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?

3. Which of the following situations arose in which a white woman filmed and threatened a Black man in Part IV?

4. What does Rankine repeatedly say she wants for her daughter?

5. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?

(see the answer key)

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