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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 did the man on the plane tell Rankine he misrepresented to her in his story about his hometown?
(a) He was actually from a poor family.
(b) He was not from the hometown he said he was.
(c) He had actually witnessed police brutality against Blacks.
(d) There was more racism and racist behavior there than he let on.

2. What year was the document Notes on the State of Virginia written in?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1790.

3. What did the CDC report about breast cancer disparities between white and Black people?
(a) Black women get breast cancer at higher rates than white women do.
(b) Black women have less access to treatments for breast cancer than white women do.
(c) Black and white women get breast cancer at about the same rate, but Black women die at higher rates from breast cancer than white women do.
(d) Black women see doctors at lower rates than white women do.

4. What does Rankine write is "its own form of American optimism" in Part II?
(a) The idea that racism is a dynamic of youth and ignorance.
(b) The idea that America is a post-racial society.
(c) The idea that everyone is free.
(d) The idea that elections can solve problems.

5. Which city in Michigan suffered from lead-tainted water?
(a) Dearborne.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Flint.
(d) Missoula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?

2. Who popularized the phrase "white privilege"?

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

4. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?

5. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What does a white friend of Rankine's tell her about white people speaking amongst themselves about racism?

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

7. What is a major reason Rankine decides to go to marriage counseling with her husband?

8. What rude and racist behavior does Rankine routinely encounter at airports?

9. What are Shirley Cards?

10. What is the significance of the "Unite the Right" rally that took place in Charlottesville Virginia in 2017, according to Rankine?

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