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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rankine say American voter registration laws can function as in some states?
(a) Ways to employ more people.
(b) Infringement on free speech.
(c) The precursors to riots.
(d) De facto Jim Crow laws.

2. What does the document Notes on the State of Virginia say that Blacks are much inferior to whites in?
(a) Visual acuity.
(b) Reason.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Empathy.

3. Which Saturday Night Live actress tweeted about harassment comparing her to an ape?
(a) Shasheer Zameta.
(b) Leslie Jones.
(c) Melissa Villasenor.
(d) Kristen Wiig.

4. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?
(a) The Black woman.
(b) The white woman.
(c) The Black man.
(d) The Asian woman.

5. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?
(a) Whitney Dow.
(b) Jan Ringlow.
(c) Jefferson Turfley.
(d) Michael Moore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which theorist studied Google searches for the term evolution and found that the results were mostly portrayals of the height of evolution as the body of a white male?

2. What was the name of the 2017 Virginia rally of white supremacists?

3. From what event does Rankine include a photograph of men giving a Nazi salute in front of a burning swastika in Part II?

4. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?

5. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Shirley Cards?

4. What assertion that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kanavagh made in his senate confirmation hearing does Rankine take issue with in Part I?

5. What painful incident does Rankine recall happening on her college campus the year prior to her attendance there in 1981?

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

7. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege" and when did it begin being used more often?

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

9. What is the tension for Rankine as she expresses it in her poem in Part I in the call to change?

10. What does Rankine worry about regarding the way many people - teachers included - seem to view Black children in general?

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