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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 adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?
(a) Awed.
(b) Honored.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Tentative.

2. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

3. Oluo asserts that "our class system is" (21) all but which of the following?
(a) Violent.
(b) Mercurial.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Harmful.

4. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
(a) A home loan.
(b) A title loan.
(c) A high-interest loan.
(d) A reverse mortgage.

5. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Change.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?

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

4. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?

5. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?

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