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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 does Rankine insist at a dinner party in Part III was a major cause of Donald Trump's presidential election in 2016?
2. What claim of psychologist Kristina Olson's does Rankine cite on children and racial preferences?
3. What does Rankine quote comedian Chris Rock as saying in Part IV?
4. Which fashion brand does Rankine write cultivated an aura of the white, wealthy country-club set throughout the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s?
5. How did Scott Arndt react to hearing the phrase "white male privilege" from a colleague?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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 is one major way Rankine points out in which Black people are historically economically more disadvantaged than whites?
4. 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)?
5. What did former President Lyndon Johnson tell journalist Bill Moyers about white and Black relations?
6. In Part IV, what kinds of conversations does Rankine include excerpts from?
7. What makes Rankine so angry at the play Fairview?
8. What does the white female judge say about her son in Part IV that shocks Rankine?
9. Why does Rankine stop herself abruptly when comparing herself and a white friend in Part III?
10. What does the term "people of color" mean to Rankine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Rankine's treatment of the broad theme of conversations. What does Rankine seem to believe conversations can accomplish - and fail to accomplish - when it comes to a national conversation in America about race and racism?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Rankine feel she is being silenced at a dinner party in Part III, and what is her reaction to this feeling? How do her fellow dinner guests respond to her anger? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the book, Rankine asks herself the searching question of whether understanding itself constitutes real change, and she says she is not sure. Write an essay explaining whether you think understanding is change.
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