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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do South Carolina candidates often meet to do informal business?

2. How did the person asking for Sellers's endorsement convince him to endorse Obama for president?

3. Which former Morehouse president influenced great civil rights leaders, according to Sellers?

4. What mental health issues does Sellers suffer from that started as a young teenager?

5. Who was Sellers's fiance formerly married to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were some Black people in South Carolina nervous about the candidacy of Barack Obama for president, according to Sellers?

2. In Part III, why does Sellers say the Confederate flag continued to fly at the South Carolina state capitol well into the 2000s?

3. What kinds of tattoos does Sellers have and what do they mean to him?

4. Why did Sellers initially hesitate to endorse Barack Obama for president in 2007?

5. How did Ellen, Sellers's partner, react to his decision to run for lieutenant governor?

6. What mistake did Sellers realize he and the other organizers made during Obama's 2007 visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg?

7. How did Sellers's parents react when he told them he was running for a seat in the state legislature at the age of 21?

8. Why does Sellers feel that knocking on doors is so important during a political campaign?

9. What happened in the SGA race Sellers ran at Morehouse?

10. What does Sellers say is the most important thing in politics when a person is running a campaign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Sellers's experiences at Moorhouse College affect his career trajectory and aspirations later in his life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Sellers view the Black Lives Matter movement? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does Sellers feel is his father Cleve's legacy regarding the civil rights movement and the push for Black equality in America? What impact did Cleve Sellers's activism have on Sellers's own opinions about politics and political service? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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