RAQ Questions
The 20 multiple-choice questions of the RAQ touch on United States history and, occasionally, current circumstances. The questions have been selected and written to explore assumptions about race that result from exposure to the typical Eurocentric education in United States high schools and mainstream media.
Rather than exposing these assumptions directly, the questions ask about circumstances and then pose alternative answers, some of which "fit" existing assumptions. Quiz takers who use these assumptions find their answers are often wrong.
Some questions concentrate on significant historical events, such as Columbus discovering the Americas, the Indian Removal program of the 1830s, or the granting of independence by the U.S. to the Phillipines. Other questions focus on lesser matters. In each case, however, the assumptions that are being explored are significant.
It is exploring these assumptions that is the purpose of the quiz.
Typically it takes about 20 minutes for quiz takers to answer all twenty questions.
Sample Question Page (84.5 kB image)
RAQ Answers
The questions provide the interest and challenge of the RAQ, but the answers convey the learning. The answer sheets give the choice for each question with an explanation between 150 to 500 words in length. Lively and engaging text presents supporting facts and documentation. Sources are cited in full following each answer (see the Facilitator's Guide for a complete list of sources), allowing quiz takers to check the answers on their own and locate material for additional reading.
Typically it takes about 20 minutes for quiz takers to read the answers to all twenty questions.
The RAQ packet contains the 8-page answer portion in loose leaf format for easy copying. A bound set of questions is also contained in the RAQ Facilitator's Guide.
Sample Answer Sheet (153 kB image)
Forward to the Facilitators Guide