The Hate Race Quizzes

The Hate Race Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Hate Race?
Maxine Beneba Clarke

Cleopatra Clarke

James Baldwin

Winston Smith
2 Who narrates The Hate Race?
An unnamed first-person narrator

Cleopatra Clarke

Maxine Beneba Clarke

An unnamed third-person narrator
3 What form does The Hate Race take?
Novel

Epic poem

Book of short stories

Memoir
4 When was The Hate Race published?
2020

2018

2022

2016
5 In what country is The Hate Race set?
Australia

Canada

The United States

New Zealand
6 What is Clarke doing in the prologue?
Returning home after dropping her son at school

Leaving Australia

Moving to Australia

Giving a lecture in London
7 What happens to Clarke in the prologue?
A woman insults her at a gas station

A man tries to hit her with his car

A stranger shouts racist abuse at her

None of these
8 Where was Clarke born?
Australia

Guyana

Jamaica

Britain
9 What is the "burnished mahogany of my ancestors" that Clarke carries?
A wooden bowl

Her skin color

A grandfather's walking stick

An heirloom paperweight
10 What racist policy does Gough Whitlam's try to dismantle?
The White Australia policy

Trick question: he strengthens racist policies

Whites for Australia Policy

Britains Against Immigration
11 What is Clarke's father's first name?
Bordeaux

Matty

Porgy

Borgy
12 Where was Clarke's father born?
Africa

London

Guyana

Jamaica
13 In what area of London do Clarke's paternal grandparents settle?
Brixton

Tottenham

Battersea

Hampstead Heath
14 Where was Clarke's mother born?
Sudan

Guyana

Egypt

England
15 What area of the world are the West Indies?
Caribbean

Indian Ocean

Oceania

Southernmost tip of South America
16 What is notable about the way Bordy's parents speak?
They never learned English

They speak perfect "BBC English"

They speak English in a Jamaican patios

They speak Arawak, the native language of the Caribbean
17 What is the highest degree Bordy achieves?
Ph.D.

Master's

Diploma

Bachelor's
18 What does the politician Enoch Powell warn against in the late 1960s?
Black people displacing white people in the UK

A lack of diversity in public institutions

A rising tide of hatred in the UK

Immigrants not being set up for success in Britain
19 Why doesn't Bordy include his photograph in his Australian university job application documents?
He has never liked photographs of himself

He is aware that there is a lack of diversity in Australia

It is illegal to ask for photos when people apply for jobs

None of these
20 What is ironic about Bordy's meeting with the Australian professor in London?
The man is also Black

The man is also not white

He and Bordy went to primary school together

The man never shows up
21 Clarke's repeated variations on the phrase, "This is how I tell it, or else what's a story for?" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Assonance

Foreshadowing

Motif
22 In what year do Clarke's parents move to Australia?
1976

1979

2001

1990
23 What is the name of the hotel Bordy and Cleo stay at upon arrival in Australia?
Golliwog Hotel

Man Friday Hotel

Girl Friday Hotel

Robinson Crusoe Hotel
24 What type of product bears the brand name Coon in the book?
Cookies

Milk

Bread

Cheese
25 What is Bordy's degree in?
Philosophy

Geography

Literature

Mathematics

where does cleopatra fit into the Maxiens experience of racism

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Asked by khal e #1317653

Answered by Aslan on 8/25/2023 2:07 AM

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how does her mother impact her identity

Clarke depicts Cleopatra as elegant, supportive, level-headed, and good-humored. When her husband leaves her to live with his mistress, Cleopatra perseveres, making ends meet and eventually changing the locks so Bordy knows he isn't entitled to...

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when in the novel does Maxine get angry

I thinks she first gets angry at school over the racism directed towards her. Really, nothing is done about it. The book mainly follows Maxine in her school life, describing the things she went through from an early age. She started school when...

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Answered by Aslan on 10/6/2022 4:21 AM

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