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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 2: What is Racism?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Authenticity.
(b) Utility.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Honesty.

2. Ijeoma Oluo states in the preface of So You Want to Talk About Racism that she is writing the preface how many years after the first edition of the book was published?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Weeks on a bestseller list.
(b) Utility.
(c) Sales.
(d) Audience numbers at book events.

4. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?
(a) A monster.
(b) A mummy.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A hurricane.

5. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?
(a) Detention.
(b) Graduation.
(c) Suspension.
(d) Expulsion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?

2. Oluo asserts that "our class system is" (21) all but which of the following?

3. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?

4. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?

5. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?

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