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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event did Rankine recall having heard about occuring on her college campus the year before she attended as a freshman?
(a) A mass shooting.
(b) A cross burning.
(c) A lynching.
(d) A police-involved killing.

3. Which of the following does the Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about Blacks?
(a) They are less muscular than whites.
(b) They do not have as long of a lifespan as whites.
(c) They require less sleep than whites.
(d) They do not reproduce as easily as whites.

4. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?
(a) Fabian Fabrize.
(b) Justin Roamley.
(c) Marshall Maverick.
(d) Ruby Sales.

5. Why did Rankine bolster the security at her own home?
(a) Her neighbor's house had been broken into recently.
(b) Some of her partners at the university had been targeted for work similar to hers.
(c) Her children had been harassed at school.
(d) She had received a flurry of hate mail.

6. Which Saturday Night Live actress tweeted about harassment comparing her to an ape?
(a) Kristen Wiig.
(b) Melissa Villasenor.
(c) Shasheer Zameta.
(d) Leslie Jones.

7. What source does Rankine recommend for an extended argument for integration?
(a) Plato's The Cave.
(b) Toni Morrison's Beloved.
(c) Elizabeth Anderson's The Imperative of Integration.
(d) Alex Haley's Roots.

8. What did Rankine identify as her "most corrupt thought of the year" in Part II?
(a) She hesitated to go to her daughter's parent-teacher conference because she did not want the teacher's potential anti-Black bias to be conferred onto her daughter.
(b) She wanted to find out what her supervisor really thought of her.
(c) She wondered if her daughter would get into college.
(d) She wondered if she had been passed over for a promotion because she is a Black woman.

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

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

11. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?
(a) The Asian woman.
(b) The white woman.
(c) The Black woman.
(d) The Black man.

12. Which city in Michigan suffered from lead-tainted water?
(a) Flint.
(b) Dearborne.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Missoula.

13. Which university does Rankine work for?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

14. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?
(a) If white people are all tired of talking about police brutality, how can they speak to their whiteness?
(b) If white people are all highly paid, why should they be moved to speak to their whiteness?
(c) If white people can't see their own whiteness, how can they speak to it?
(d) If white people do not read history, how can they speak to their whiteness?

15. Which object did white supremacist demonstrators in Virginia use in 2017 during rally there?
(a) Robeson flags.
(b) Swiss army knives.
(c) Tiki torches.
(d) Bakelite Flashlights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?

3. How old was Rankine when she met her husband?

4. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?

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

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