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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 did Rankine and her husband spend much of their time doing for the past several decades?
(a) Making art addressing the racist treatment of American citizens.
(b) Raising foster children.
(c) Teaching classes at small community colleges about racism.
(d) Traveling to other countries to try to help set up health care centers for people of color.

2. Who did Malcolm X say was the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person in America?
(a) The white woman.
(b) The Black man.
(c) The Asian woman.
(d) The Black woman.

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

4. What was the name of the 2017 Virginia rally of white supremacists?
(a) Unite the Right.
(b) Conserve Our History.
(c) Righters are Fighters.
(d) The New Socialist Democratic Movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Rankine ask about white being being able to speak to their own whiteness in Part I?

2. What did police often ask Rankine and her husband when they were pulled over in New York City and New Jersey?

3. What does a white male friend of Rankine's who was recently passed over for a job tell Rankine about it?

4. Which city in Michigan suffered from lead-tainted water?

5. Which university does Rankine work for?

(see the answer key)

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