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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did khaki pants and the color khaki begin to become fashionable in America in the 1950s?
(a) Fashion brands starting having their models wear them to parks.
(b) Families liked them because they were easy to wash.
(c) Returning soldiers from the war brought their army-issued khakis to campus to wear.
(d) They helped kids blend into their surroundings so as not to attract unwanted attention.

2. Who did Laura Ingraham address her "Shut up and dribble" comment to, as cited by Rankine in Part IV?
(a) Charles Barkley.
(b) Kobe Bryant.
(c) LeBron James.
(d) Magic Johnson.

3. What does the white female judge say in Part IV about her son that shocks Rankine?
(a) She has forbidden him to propose to his Black girlfriend.
(b) He is not allowed to attend a university in a majority Black city.
(c) He joined the army but does not want to serve in the same unit with Blacks.
(d) She is worried about his safety because he is moving to Brooklyn.

4. What does Rankine insist at a dinner party in Part III was a major cause of Donald Trump's presidential election in 2016?
(a) The Democrats' incompetence.
(b) A very good communications team.
(c) Racism.
(d) Russian interference.

5. What book does Rankine question if she has read herself too many times?
(a) The New Jim Crow.
(b) Beloved.
(c) The Color Purple.
(d) Stamped.

6. What is the title of Ellen D. Wu's widely cited history on Asian Americans?
(a) Finding Their Place: Asian Americans Today.
(b) The Price of Integration: The Origins of the Model Minority and Asian Americans.
(c) Creating Community.
(d) The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority.

7. Which U.S. senator once said, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be in the front row"?
(a) Randall Stone.
(b) Layton Hughes.
(c) Cindy Hyde-Smith.
(d) Jessie Johnson.

8. How did Scott Arndt react to hearing the phrase "white male privilege" from a colleague?
(a) He said it was extremely offensive.
(b) He said it aroused suspicion in him.
(c) He said he thought it was a sad day for America.
(d) He said it was fair.

9. Where does Rankine say the phrase "people of color" originally came from?
(a) The court case Loving v. Virginia.
(b) The court case Brown v. The Board of Education.
(c) Women of color.
(d) The great migration.

10. What disease was at the center of the Tuskegee tragedy?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Cancer.

11. What does Rankine write holds a place in her "referential memory" in a way it does not in white people's memory?
(a) The poem The White Man's Burden.
(b) The history of experimenting on Black people.
(c) The legacy of Jim Crow laws.
(d) The legacy of slavery.

12. What does one white man tell Rankine he believes is his greatest privilege in his life in Part III?
(a) His education.
(b) His accent.
(c) His height.
(d) His weight.

13. Who wrote the play Rankine goes to see in Part III with a white friend?
(a) Jackie Sibblies Drury.
(b) Neil Simon.
(c) Stephen Retrow.
(d) Leslie Hinds.

14. What was one argument the NYPD Union lawyers put forth in the death of Eric Garner at police hands, according to Rankine?
(a) Garner would have been convicted by a jury for his crimes.
(b) Garner would have died anyway because he was obese.
(c) Police would not have killed Garner if he had been standing on the corner with other friends of his.
(d) Garner forced police to use lethal force against him.

15. What does Rankine's white friend do to try to explain her actions at the play to Rankine after the fact?
(a) She publishes an op-ed in a major newspaper about her reasoning.
(b) She writes Rankine a letter.
(c) She sends one of their other friends to explain things to Rankine.
(d) She has a long talk with Rankine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rankine so mad at her friend for not following the instructions at the play in Part III?

2. In Part IV, what does Rankine write that a "force within the whiteness" does?

3. Which former U.S. President wrote parts of Notes on the State of Virginia?

4. Which comedian does Rankine call out in Part IV for revealing parts of his racial identity but not revealing other parts of his racial identity?

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

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