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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 71 - 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one possible reason Rankine thinks white people do not develop close friendships with Black people?
(a) White people feel too guilty about white violence to have close friendships with Black people.
(b) White people do not want to be confronted by white violence against Black people.
(c) White people are uncomfortable by the income gap between white and Black people.
(d) White people do not know enough Black people.

2. Which BBC broadcaster compared the mixed-race royal baby to an ape?
(a) Will Henderson.
(b) Marie Mayhem.
(c) Charlie Roads.
(d) Danny Baker.

3. What source does Rankine recommend for an extended argument for integration?
(a) Plato's The Cave.
(b) Toni Morrison's Beloved.
(c) Elizabeth Anderson's The Imperative of Integration.
(d) Alex Haley's Roots.

4. Which white documentary maker does Rankine study with her class?
(a) Jefferson Turfley.
(b) Whitney Dow.
(c) Jan Ringlow.
(d) Michael Moore.

5. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?
(a) Forever.
(b) All the Single Ladies.
(c) Beach.
(d) Lemonade.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who wrote the book The Color of Law?

3. Which term, coined by Orlando Patterson, does Frank Wilderson III borrow, according to Rankine?

4. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?

5. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?

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