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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?

2. What was the name of the 2017 Virginia rally of white supremacists?

3. Which social justice activist talked often about the so-called culture of whiteness?

4. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude that the Black race could not produce?

5. At the very end of Part II, what statement does Rankine recall a white woman saying to her several weeks earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tension for Rankine as she expresses it in her poem in Part I in the call to change?

2. What rude and racist behavior does Rankine routinely encounter at airports?

3. What is one major event in Rankine's life that she discusses in Part II as forcing her to reassess her life as a whole?

4. What assertion that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kanavagh made in his senate confirmation hearing does Rankine take issue with in Part I?

5. What is the significance of the "Unite the Right" rally that took place in Charlottesville Virginia in 2017, according to Rankine?

6. What painful incident does Rankine recall happening on her college campus the year prior to her attendance there in 1981?

7. What does Rankine describe Beyonce's album Lemonade as dealing with?

8. What is a major reason Rankine decides to go to marriage counseling with her husband?

9. What historical document from the 1700s does Rankine include extensive sections of in Part II?

10. What does Rankine worry about regarding the way many people - teachers included - seem to view Black children in general?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Rankine's discussion of the idea of reparations, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Rankine chooses to juxtapose excerpts from the document "Notes on the State of Virginia," which was written in 1782, and photographs and descriptions of the white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does tennis star Naomi Osaka's experiences with the media highlight the ubiquity of racism not just in the United States but in other countries, too? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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