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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What James Baldwin poem does Rankine excerpt in Part I?
2. What was the name of the 2017 Virginia rally of white supremacists?
3. What subject did philosopher Charles Mills and sociologist Wulf Hund edit a volume of essays about?
4. What does one white man whose son did not gain entry by early admission to Yale tell Rankine he thinks is part of the problem?
5. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What historical document from the 1700s does Rankine include extensive sections of in Part II?
3. What is one major event in Rankine's life that she discusses in Part II as forcing her to reassess her life as a whole?
4. What statement of Hillary Clinton's does Rankine recall and quote on page 133, calling it appalling but not un-American?
5. What rude and racist behavior does Rankine routinely encounter at airports?
6. What does Rankine describe Beyonce's album Lemonade as dealing with?
7. What assertion that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kanavagh made in his senate confirmation hearing does Rankine take issue with in Part I?
8. Why does Rankine undertake a series of casual conversations with white male travelers on airplanes?
9. What painful incident does Rankine recall happening on her college campus the year prior to her attendance there in 1981?
10. What is the significance of the "Unite the Right" rally that took place in Charlottesville Virginia in 2017, according to Rankine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Rankine's white friend's behavior at the play "Fairview" upset her so much? How does the white friend's written response change Rankine's view on the events of that night? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing Rankine's analysis of the Trump administration's family separation policy regarding immigrant families at the southern border, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does tennis star Naomi Osaka's experiences with the media highlight the ubiquity of racism not just in the United States but in other countries, too? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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