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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 2: What is Racism?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Authenticity.
(d) Utility.

2. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?
(a) Indigenous people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Asian people.
(d) Nomadic people.

3. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?
(a) Gender.
(b) Sex.
(c) Violence.
(d) Class.

4. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Utility.
(b) Weeks on a bestseller list.
(c) Sales.
(d) Audience numbers at book events.

5. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?
(a) White.
(b) Rich.
(c) Educated.
(d) Male.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?

2. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?

3. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?

4. According to Oluo in Chapter 1: Is it Really About Racism?, the system of racism has been intertwined with what system since the beginning of the United States of America?

5. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?

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