View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did police often ask Rankine and her husband when they were pulled over in New York City and New Jersey?
(a) Where they were going.
(b) How they knew each other.
(c) Whether they had weapons.
(d) How much money they had.

2. What does Rankine write that college admissions processes are full of?
(a) Gray areas.
(b) Public grievance.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Magic.

3. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?
(a) Richard Rothstein.
(b) Jane Zellen.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Ruby Sales.

4. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?
(a) Making art addressing the racist treatment of American citizens.
(b) Traveling to other countries to try to help set up health care centers for people of color.
(c) Teaching classes at small community colleges about racism.
(d) Raising foster children.

5. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?
(a) Blacks have better memories than whites.
(b) White children have better memories than Black adults.
(c) Whites have better memories than Blacks.
(d) They are about equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine repeatedly say she wants for her daughter?

2. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude that the Black race could not produce?

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

4. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

5. Which BBC broadcaster compared the mixed-race royal baby to an ape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rankine quote Malcolm X as saying about Black women in America?

2. What is one problem Rankine has with the scenario her white friend on a diversity training tells her about regarding a classroom situation?

3. What image does Rankine include in the book that a British media personality, Danny Baker, tweeted after the birth of the royal family's mixed-race baby in 2019?

4. Why does Rankine think it might be best for just her white husband to attend her daughter's parent-teacher conference?

5. What statement of Hillary Clinton's does Rankine recall and quote on page 133, calling it appalling but not un-American?

6. What does Rankine describe Beyonce's album Lemonade as dealing with?

7. What reason does one white man offer to Rankine as an explanation as to why his son did not get accepted through early decision to Yale University?

8. What is the name of the class Rankine eventually began teaching and continues to teach at Yale?

9. What historical document from the 1700s does Rankine include extensive sections of in Part II?

10. How does Rankine feel contemplating the overwhelmingly white parents and teachers at her daughter's school?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 808 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample