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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 209 - 266).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Phoenix.

3. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?
(a) Unequal access to higher education.
(b) Anti-Black racism.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) Poisoned water systems.

4. Which columnist and fiction writer does Rankine include a tweet from about similar racist treatment in airports in Part I?
(a) Marjorie Bearing.
(b) Micheline Marrow.
(c) Jesmyn Willow.
(d) Roxane Gay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rhetorical question does Rankine ask following the 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings about the differences in how Americans treat young Black men and young white men?

2. Where does Rankine say the phrase "people of color" originally came from?

3. What do the people in the workshop say about the scenario comparing a Black person to a monkey?

4. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?

5. What does Rankine write that George Wallace attributed his political success to?

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