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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which experiment results were used in the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case to show the adverse effect of racism on Black children?
(a) The singer tests.
(b) The marshmallow tests.
(c) The doll tests.
(d) The Lucifer tests.

2. Which writer who gave a June 1981 keynote presentation at the National Women's Studies Association Conference that Rankine quotes from in Part III?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Amanda Gorman.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Audre Lorde.

3. What percentage of public school teachers are white, according to the National Center for Education Statistics' data for 2015-16?
(a) 81%.
(b) 92%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 70%.

4. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?
(a) Unequal access to higher education.
(b) Poisoned water systems.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) Anti-Black racism.

5. What does Rankine outright accuse the other guests at the dinner party of doing to her in trying to change the subject away from racism?
(a) Silencing her.
(b) Being complicit in violence.
(c) Trying to get her fired.
(d) Being as bad as the president himself.

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

7. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?
(a) The 1600s.
(b) The 1800s.
(c) The twelfth century.
(d) The eighth century.

8. What did a young boy tell his classmate, who was the child of a friend of Rankine's, he had done by giving Goldilocks dark skin in a picture he colored?
(a) Improved her.
(b) Ruined her.
(c) Made her less intelligent.
(d) Made her a liar.

9. In what year did the Smithsonian Institution put on its first major show focused on the work of Latinos?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2010.

10. 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) No white man in the audience would change places with him, and he is rich.
(c) White people should walk in his shoes for one day.
(d) Black people's humor comes from much tragedy.

11. Which play does Rankine go to see with a white friend of hers in Part III?
(a) The Others.
(b) Disgraced.
(c) Fairview.
(d) Humans.

12. Which kinds of experiments does Rankine cite from Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark on racism?
(a) The "marshmallow" tests.
(b) The "Lucifer" experiments.
(c) The "Singer" tests.
(d) The "doll tests" with children choosing dolls of different skin colors.

13. What phrase do people who want to excuse men's inappropriate or even abusive behavior towards women often say, according to Rankine?
(a) You can not have an omlette without breaking some eggs.
(b) They made him do it.
(c) Boys will be boys.
(d) It is what it is.

14. What does Rankine write that she is trying to understand in the very beginning of Part III?
(a) Why working as a researcher pays so little.
(b) Why telling a white male he has benefitted from white male privilege feels abusive to him.
(c) Why so many people declined to be interviewed for her book.
(d) Why saying someone is racist seems offensive to that person.

15. What does Rankine's white friend do to try to explain her actions at the play to Rankine after the fact?
(a) She sends one of their other friends to explain things to Rankine.
(b) She publishes an op-ed in a major newspaper about her reasoning.
(c) She writes Rankine a letter.
(d) She has a long talk with Rankine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which U.S. senator once said, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row"?

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

3. What phrase does Rankine say Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan had its roots in?

4. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?

5. What does Rankine question how far away she can get from by using the language of inquiry in Part IV?

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