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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a group persecuted by the Klan in the twentieth century?
(a) Jews.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Union organizers.
(d) Methodists.

2. What term did James Alan Fox use to describe the spike in crime he predicted in the mid 1990s?
(a) Armageddon.
(b) Cataclysm.
(c) Bloodbath.
(d) Free-for-all.

3. What Eighties movie comedy was instrumental in the popularity of the name Madison?
(a) Stripes.
(b) Splash.
(c) St. Elmo's Fire.
(d) The Money Pit.

4. Which of the following is not a profession that the authors indicate has been adversely affected by the Internet?
(a) Car salesmen.
(b) Life insurance salesmen.
(c) Surgeons.
(d) Funeral directors.

5. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They never administer the test.
(b) They erase wrong answers.
(c) They allow children to have books out.
(d) They read the answers to the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which black politician's slim election victory indicates voters might have lied to pollsters?

2. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?

3. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?

4. Which two groups are the most discriminated against on Weakest Link?

5. What prominent talent agency did Zelman Moses found?

(see the answer key)

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