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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote The End of Racism in 1995?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Francis Galton.
(c) Dinesh D'Souza.
(d) Thomas Dixon.
2. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.
3. What does the author assert "is the real Black on Black crime" (13) in the Introduction?
(a) Institutionalized racism.
(b) Internalized racism.
(c) Individualized racism.
(d) Cultural racism.
4. Who wrote The Leopard's Spots?
(a) Francis Galton.
(b) Gunnar Myrdal.
(c) Thomas Dixon.
(d) Chester Pierce.
5. Who wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea in 1453?
(a) Eleanor Holmes.
(b) Carl Linnaeus.
(c) Gomes de Zurara.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1993, what percentage of urban residents reported being victims of violent crime in the U.S.?
2. Who was the immigrant student that the author describes teasing about his ethnic heritage in Chapter 5?
3. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?
4. When did the author's father join Floyd H. Flake's ministerial staff?
5. What was the nickname of the boy that held a gun on the author on the school bus, as described in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the author prefer the term "racist policy" over "institutional racism" or "systemic racism"?
2. How are the terms "bodily racist" and "bodily antiracist" defined?
3. What does Plessy v. Ferguson refer to?
4. What is meant by the term "microaggression"?
5. How does the author describe his feelings about the speech he gave, as described in the Introduction?
6. What does "eugenics" refer to?
7. Why was the author giving a speech in the scenario he described in the Introduction? What was the speech about?
8. Who was W.E.B. Du Bois and why is he important?
9. What are the origins of ethnic racism, according to the author?
10. How is "racial inequity" defined by the author?
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