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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) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

2. What does one white man whose son did not gain entry by early admission to Yale tell Rankine he thinks is part of the problem?
(a) His son's grades were not high enough.
(b) His son did not have enough extra-curricular activities.
(c) The Asians are flooding the Ivy Leagues.
(d) He did not donate any money to the university.

3. What did Rankine tell her marriage counselor in front of her husband that was hurtful to her husband?
(a) Her husband made a lot more money than she did.
(b) Her husband, as a white man, would have no trouble replacing her.
(c) Her husband was not as talented of a writer as she was.
(d) Her husband did not really want to go to therapy.

4. 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 get a glass of water and take it outside.
(d) They were asked to pull the fire alarms in the theater.

5. What claim of psychologist Kristina Olson's does Rankine cite on children and racial preferences?
(a) By about 10 years of age, American children show racial preferences.
(b) By about 3 months old, American, Canadia, and Australian children show some signs of racial preferences.
(c) By about 15 years of age, American children show no real racial preferences.
(d) By 3 or 4 years of age, white children in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe show preferences for other white children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rankine's white male friend send her from the diversity workshop he attends?

2. What word did a preschool teacher for a friend of Rankine's four-year old son use for the child when he had a temper tantrum at school?

3. In her poem in Part I, what does Rankine say is in her voice when she says she feels herself slowing down?

4. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?

5. Why is Rankine so mad at her friend for not following the instructions at the play in Part III?

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