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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. Where does Rankine say the phrase "people of color" originally came from?
2. Which actress does Rankine mention as being blacklisted in the 1960s?
3. What ubiquitous coffee shop chain experienced a scandal for the racial bias an employee exhibited towards customers there in 2018?
4. Which U.S. senator once said, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row"?
5. What does Rankine write that she would have preferred from the woman who tried to change the subject from racism at the dinner party instead of "false civility"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the white female judge say about her son in Part IV that shocks Rankine?
2. What did the actress Eartha Kitt do in 1968 that led to her being blacklisted?
3. Why does Rankine stop herself abruptly when comparing herself and a white friend in Part III?
4. What does the term "people of color" mean to Rankine?
5. What does Rankine think will be the likely fallout from her speaking at the dinner party the way she does in Part III?
6. What did former President Lyndon Johnson tell journalist Bill Moyers about white and Black relations?
7. Where does Rankine say the term "people of color" first came from?
8. In Part IV, what does a white man say to a white woman - ostensibly his partner - when she arrives at the airport gate late?
9. What does the white man in the hallway in Part III say to Rankine that she finds flabbergasting?
10. How does Rankine eventually come to better understand her friend's actions at the play Fairview?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Rankine employs a unique blend of poetry, historical documents, transcripts of conversation, and prose in this book. How do you think her choice of styles and structure affects the reader's experience? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does Rankine interpret the fact that Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. presidency twice in terms of what this fact reveals about racism in America? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Rankine feel about, and react to, the idea of "color-blindness" and to people's insistence that they do not "see color"? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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