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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 question does Rankine ask about the phrase "E pluribus unum" in Part V?
(a) Is it possible to live E pluribus unum?
(b) Who are we referring to when we use this saying?
(c) What is the origin of this saying?
(d) What other countries live by this saying?

2. What did Rankine tell her marriage counselor in front of her husband that was hurtful to her husband?
(a) Her husband, as a white man, would have no trouble replacing her.
(b) Her husband did not really want to go to therapy.
(c) Her husband was not as talented of a writer as she was.
(d) Her husband made a lot more money than she did.

3. Which BBC broadcaster compared the mixed-race royal baby to an ape?
(a) Danny Baker.
(b) Charlie Roads.
(c) Will Henderson.
(d) Marie Mayhem.

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

5. What is the title of Wendy Roth's book that Rankine cites in Part IV?
(a) The New Latinos in America.
(b) Texas Today: Latinos Find Their Political Voice.
(c) Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race.
(d) The Great Second Migration: Latinos and the Integration Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Scott Arndt react to hearing the phrase "white male privilege" from a colleague?

2. What does the makeup artist Rankine speaks with in Part V say her Asian clients' preferences are?

3. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

4. Which writer who gave a June 1981 keynote presentation at the National Women's Studies Association Conference that Rankine quotes from in Part III?

5. What does Rankine write that George Wallace attributed his political success to?

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