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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Laura Ingraham address her "Shut up and dribble" comment to, as cited by Rankine in Part IV?
(a) Magic Johnson.
(b) Charles Barkley.
(c) Kobe Bryant.
(d) LeBron James.

2. What does Rankine refer to when she uses the term "R and R" in Part III?
(a) Reconstruction and Remorse.
(b) Reparations and Reconstruction.
(c) Rest and Relaxation.
(d) Ruminations and Reparations.

3. How did Scott Arndt react to hearing the phrase "white male privilege" from a colleague?
(a) He said it was fair.
(b) He said he thought it was a sad day for America.
(c) He said it was extremely offensive.
(d) He said it aroused suspicion in him.

4. 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) Trying to get her fired.
(b) Being complicit in violence.
(c) Silencing her.
(d) Being as bad as the president himself.

5. Which comedian does Rankine call out in Part IV for revealing parts of his racial identity but not revealing other parts of his racial identity?
(a) Dave Chapelle.
(b) Louis C.K.
(c) Chris Rock.
(d) John Mulaney.

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

7. What is a common critical response to the Black Lives Matter slogan?
(a) All Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others.
(b) No Lives Matter.
(c) Some Lives Matter.
(d) All Lives Matter.

8. Why does one white man tell Rankine he is comfortable around Black people?
(a) He has a Black brother-in-law.
(b) He works with many Black people.
(c) He plays basketball.
(d) He has a Black friend.

9. Which Black female candidate for governor in 2018 does Rankine identify as having endured racist attacks during her campaign?
(a) Val Demmings.
(b) Ramona Jones.
(c) Stacey Abrams.
(d) Roberta Johnson.

10. 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 doll tests.
(c) The marshmallow tests.
(d) The Lucifer tests.

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

12. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?
(a) Finger patterns.
(b) Voice recognition patterns.
(c) Eye gaze patterns.
(d) Smelling patterns.

13. What does Rankine write holds a place in her "referential memory" in a way it does not in white people's memory?
(a) The legacy of Jim Crow laws.
(b) The poem The White Man's Burden.
(c) The legacy of slavery.
(d) The history of experimenting on Black people.

14. What does Rankine think about the preschool teacher's tears when her friend removed her young son from the private school?
(a) She thinks the teacher must have been remorseful.
(b) She thinks the teacher was suspicious.
(c) She thinks the teacher feared for her own job.
(d) She thinks of white female fragility and victimhood.

15. What name does Rankine write that Senator Ted Cruz was formerly known by?
(a) Percival Edward Cruz.
(b) Ben Parnell Cruz.
(c) Rafael Edward Cruz.
(d) Jose Robin Cruz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Rankine question if she has read herself too many times?

2. What does Rankine write at the end of her section about police interactions with Black citizens in Part IV?

3. What does Rankine think about her friend's response to the incident at the play in Part III?

4. What does one dinner party guest try to turn people's attention to to change the subject from racism that Rankine brings up?

5. What does Rankine think is the probable outcome of her conversations at the dinner party in Part III?

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