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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. About how many whites do not have any Black friends, according to a study cited by the Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham?
(a) 20%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 55%.

2. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Brett Kavanaugh.
(c) Samuel Alito.
(d) Neil Gorsuch.

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

4. What trope does Rankine worry she is "sailing closer" to in Part III?
(a) That of the overbearing mother.
(b) That of the tough boss.
(c) That of the strident academic woman.
(d) That of the angry Black woman.

5. What television series starring Reese Witherspoon does Rankine reference in the text in Part III?
(a) Homecoming.
(b) Wysteria Lane.
(c) Big Little Lies.
(d) Little Fires Everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Indiana police captain challenges another police captain over an issue of white privilege in a transcript in Part III?

2. In which city in Virginia did a white supremacist rally take place in 2017?

3. Which Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?

4. What album of Beyonce's does Rankine discuss in Part II?

5. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?

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