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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. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?
(a) Violence.
(b) Sex.
(c) Gender.
(d) Class.

2. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?
(a) Our space program.
(b) Our homes.
(c) Our workplaces.
(d) Our governments.

3. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?
(a) Cutting rates of food insecurity.
(b) Raising the minimum wage.
(c) Strengthening unions.
(d) Encouraging job training.

4. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Theater.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Broadcasting.

5. Oluo states that there are how many official definitions of racism?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Oluo use in a metaphor depicting the one weapon she says cannot be used "to tear down all the walls" (21) of oppression at once?

2. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?

3. 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?

4. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?

5. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?

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