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

2. 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) Honesty.
(c) Utility.
(d) Intelligence.

3. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?
(a) Mosaic.
(b) Conglomeration.
(c) Community.
(d) Melting-pot.

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

5. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?
(a) 1 in 3.
(b) 3 in 10.
(c) 1 in 5.
(d) 1 in 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?

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

3. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?

4. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

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

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