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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ubiquitous coffee shop chain experienced a scandal for the racial bias an employee exhibited towards customers there in 2018?
(a) Xando.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Caribou.

3. Which U.S. senator once said, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row"?
(a) Layton Hughes.
(b) Jessie Johnson.
(c) Randall Stone.
(d) Cindy Hyde-Smith.

4. Which senator does Rankine identify as having tried to justify white voters' reluctance to vote for Black candidates in the 2018 midterm elections?
(a) Richard Blumenthal.
(b) Mitch McConnell.
(c) Bernie Sanders.
(d) Graham Glenwald.

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

6. What does Rankine think is the probable outcome of her conversations at the dinner party in Part III?
(a) At least one other guest will talk about her behind her back.
(b) Her daughter will be embarrassed in school.
(c) The other guests will call the police.
(d) She will not be invited back with this same group of people.

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

8. 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) Rankine's beautiful clothes.
(c) The dessert tray.
(d) The dog.

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

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

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

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

13. 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 was suspicious.
(b) She thinks of white female fragility and victimhood.
(c) She thinks the teacher feared for her own job.
(d) She thinks the teacher must have been remorseful.

14. What is one major difference Rankine understands between her life and that of her dear white friend in Part III, even though they share many similarities?
(a) Rankine did not have anyone else help her pay for college.
(b) Rankine did not have children, and her friend did.
(c) Rankine did not have any inherited wealth.
(d) Rankine did not have health insurance, and her friend did.

15. Which of the following young Black men was violently killed for no cause in 2012?
(a) Trayvon Martin.
(b) Martin Davis.
(c) Rauri Stone.
(d) George Floyd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play Rankine goes to see in Part III with a white friend?

2. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?

3. What phrase do people who want to excuse men's inappropriate or even abusive behavior towards women often say, according to Rankine?

4. Which Black female candidate for governor in 2018 does Rankine identify as having endured racist attacks during her campaign?

5. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?

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