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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. What does Rankine outright accuse the other guests at the dinner party of doing to her in trying to change the subject away from racism?
(a) Being complicit in violence.
(b) Being as bad as the president himself.
(c) Trying to get her fired.
(d) Silencing her.

2. Which well-known female politician did the Frontline program report dyed her hair blond under pressure?
(a) Patty Murray.
(b) Elizabeth Warren.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Gerladine Ferraro.

3. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?
(a) Eye gaze patterns.
(b) Voice recognition patterns.
(c) Finger patterns.
(d) Smelling patterns.

4. Which Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearings in 2018 included testimony of his alleged abuse towards a woman?
(a) Brett Kavanaugh.
(b) Neil Gorsuch.
(c) Michael Hawley.
(d) Clarence Thomas.

5. What does theorist Barbara Johnson suggest about whatever narratives exist?
(a) They are already read.
(b) They will be ingored.
(c) They are subliminal.
(d) They do not mean anything unless the person reading them brings her whole self to bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact about the racial breakdown of the 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections does Rankine highlight?

2. Which fashion brand does Rankine write cultivated an aura of the white, wealthy country-club set throughout the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s?

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

4. What is the name of former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir, which Rankine references in Part III?

5. What does conversing risk mean, according to Rankine in Part IV?

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