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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 do to small pieces of the text of her poem on page 213 that is visually striking?
(a) Puts the words in red text.
(b) Puts the words in sanskrit.
(c) Put the words in italics.
(d) Puts the words in very bold text.

2. What does Rankine write that she finds herself doing instead of answering the white professor's question in Part V?
(a) "Finding her voice" and talking to someone else at the table instead.
(b) Falling into a defensive posture and "identifying with the scolded."
(c) Listening harder.
(d) Walking out.

3. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1790.

4. Who was the creator of the Barbie Doll?
(a) Mamie Eisenhower.
(b) Richard Winker.
(c) Ruth Handler.
(d) Margie Farrington.

5. Which first lady does the actress who becomes blacklisted speak with in the 1960s, which leads to her being blacklisted?
(a) Mamie Eisenhower.
(b) Lady Bird Johnson.
(c) Jackie Kennedy.
(d) Rosalind Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which university does Rankine work for?

2. Which very famous actress only reluctantly dyed her hair blond, according to Rankine, which became the actresses's signature look?

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 is a common critical response to the Black Lives Matter slogan?

5. What does Rankine refer to when she uses the term "R and R" in Part III?

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