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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 insist at a dinner party in Part III was a major cause of Donald Trump's presidential election in 2016?
(a) The Democrats' incompetence.
(b) Russian interference.
(c) Racism.
(d) A very good communications team.

2. What trope does Rankine worry she is "sailing closer" to in Part III?
(a) That of the tough boss.
(b) That of the strident academic woman.
(c) That of the overbearing mother.
(d) That of the angry Black woman.

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

4. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?
(a) They helped kids blend into their surroundings so as not to attract unwanted attention.
(b) Fashion brands starting having their models wear them to parks.
(c) Families liked them because they were easy to wash.
(d) Returning soldiers from the war brought their army-issued khakis to campus to wear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine write that she is trying to understand in the very beginning of Part III?

2. What does Rankine's white friend tell her about why she refused to follow the play's instructions at the end of the play in Part III?

3. Whose cells did researchers use for genetic experiments without her consent?

4. In what year did the Smithsonian Institution put on its first major show focused on the work of Latinos?

5. Which of the following young Black men was violently killed for no cause in 2012?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did former President Lyndon Johnson tell journalist Bill Moyers about white and Black relations?

2. Why does Rankine think it is particularly puzzling that the white female judge in Part IV seems to fear for her son's life as he moves to Brooklyn?

3. What did the actress Eartha Kitt do in 1968 that led to her being blacklisted?

4. What cliched phrase that is often used to excuse terrible behavior on the part of boys and men did Rankine recall hearing after the Kavanaugh hearings in Part IV?

5. What happens to the young child of a friend of Rankine's when he colors Goldilocks's skin brown in his class?

6. What does Rankine think will be the likely fallout from her speaking at the dinner party the way she does in Part III?

7. What kinds of experiments does Rankine recall when discussing the young age at which most children begin exhibiting racial preferences?

8. In the very beginning of Part III, what does Rankine write that she is attempting to understand?

9. What statement did Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders make about the 2018 midterm elections that Rankine criticizes?

10. Which trope does Rankine feel she is "sailing closer and closer to" in Part III at a dinner party and why does she feel this way (149)?

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