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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 135 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife?"
(a) William Harrison.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

2. Why did Rankine bolster the security at her own home?
(a) She had received a flurry of hate mail.
(b) Her children had been harassed at school.
(c) Some of her partners at the university had been targeted for work similar to hers.
(d) Her neighbor's house had been broken into recently.

3. Which of the following does the Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about Blacks?
(a) They are less muscular than whites.
(b) They do not have as long of a lifespan as whites.
(c) They require less sleep than whites.
(d) They do not reproduce as easily as whites.

4. Which Indiana police captain challenges another police captain over an issue of white privilege in a transcript in Part III?
(a) Carri Weber.
(b) Rainie Blackenship.
(c) Penny Holder.
(d) Riley Winston.

5. What is the audience instructed to do at the end of the play in Part III?
(a) White audience members were invited onto the stage and Black audience members were asked to stay in their seats.
(b) They were asked to clap very loudly.
(c) They were asked to pull the fire alarms in the theater.
(d) They were asked to get a glass of water and take it outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?

2. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?

3. What does Rankine refer to "the gloom" in her poem in Part III?

4. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?

5. What was the name of the 2017 Virginia rally of white supremacists?

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