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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following situations arose in which a white woman filmed and threatened a Black man in Part IV?
(a) A white woman accused a Black man of stealing her cell phone with no evidence.
(b) A white woman accused a Black man of threatening her life when he asked her to put her dog on a leash.
(c) A white woman questioned whether a Black man lived in his own apartment building and told him she was uncomfortable with him entering it.
(d) A white woman questioned whether a Black man was really a police officer when, in fact, he was.

2. What does one dinner party guest try to turn people's attention to to change the subject from racism that Rankine brings up?
(a) The rainbow outside.
(b) The dog.
(c) Rankine's beautiful clothes.
(d) The dessert tray.

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

4. What does Rankine's white friend tell her about why she refused to follow the play's instructions at the end of the play in Part III?
(a) She had to take a phone call instead.
(b) She did not want to.
(c) She felt sick and could not stand up.
(d) She had never been to a play like that before and she thought the instructions were a joke.

5. What television series starring Reese Witherspoon does Rankine reference in the text in Part III?
(a) Wysteria Lane.
(b) Little Fires Everywhere.
(c) Big Little Lies.
(d) Homecoming.

6. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?
(a) Families liked them because they were easy to wash.
(b) They helped kids blend into their surroundings so as not to attract unwanted attention.
(c) Fashion brands starting having their models wear them to parks.
(d) Returning soldiers from the war brought their army-issued khakis to campus to wear.

7. What trope does Rankine worry she is "sailing closer" to in Part III?
(a) That of the overbearing mother.
(b) That of the angry Black woman.
(c) That of the strident academic woman.
(d) That of the tough boss.

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

9. What does Rankine question how far away she can get from by using the language of inquiry in Part IV?
(a) Peace.
(b) Blame.
(c) Racism.
(d) Confrontation.

10. What does Rankine write that George Wallace attributed his political success to?
(a) Lowering taxes.
(b) Helping farmers.
(c) Trying to preserve the history of the South.
(d) The articulation of racist rhetoric.

11. 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 very bold text.
(b) Puts the words in red text.
(c) Puts the words in sanskrit.
(d) Put the words in italics.

12. Where does Rankine say the phrase "people of color" originally came from?
(a) Women of color.
(b) The court case Brown v. The Board of Education.
(c) The great migration.
(d) The court case Loving v. Virginia.

13. Whose cells did researchers use for genetic experiments without her consent?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Henrietta Lacks.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Rosa Parks.

14. What is the name of former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir, which Rankine references in Part III?
(a) Unwinding.
(b) Finding My Voice.
(c) Becoming.
(d) Homegoing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following young Black men was violently killed for no cause in 2012?

2. What does Rankine quote comedian Chris Rock as saying in Part IV?

3. What does Rankine say to her white friend at the end of the play they see together in Part III?

4. What percentage of public school teachers are white, according to the National Center for Education Statistics' data for 2015-16?

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

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