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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 267 - 335).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Rankine write that the "root of chastise" is?
(a) To garden.
(b) To make pure.
(c) To feed.
(d) To chase.

2. What fact about the racial breakdown of the 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections does Rankine highlight?
(a) Both years, the majority of whites voted for the Black candidate.
(b) Both years, the majority of non-whites voted for the white candidate.
(c) Both years, very few people of color voted at all.
(d) Both years, the majority of whites voted for the white candidate.

3. What does Rankine notice in Part I about her "banter" with strangers?
(a) She ends up speaking with younger people constantly.
(b) She finds that she always ends up talking with other people working in academia.
(c) She never ends up talking with Asian people.
(d) She does not often fall into conversation with white men.

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

5. What event occurred in Washington D.C. on August 8, 1925?
(a) A hurricane that damaged the city.
(b) A large Ku Klux Klan rally.
(c) A deadly clash between anti-racist protestors and white supremacist groups.
(d) Bombings of several Black churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rankine tell her marriage counselor in front of her husband that was hurtful to her husband?

2. In which city does Rankine's plane land in Part IV in which a woman has to be taken off the plane by EMTs?

3. Which writer refers to "the afterlife of slavery"?

4. Who wrote the play Rankine goes to see in Part III with a white friend?

5. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?

(see the answer key)

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