Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Justice, Lucia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the video show at the beginning of the riots?
(a) Rodney King exchanging a few angry words with the policemen.
(b) Several women fleeing the scene, leaving their cameras in the process.
(c) Several policemen talking to themselves, apparently discussing their strategy.
(d) Several men beating Reginald Denny, as well as some women taking pictures of the beating.

2. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?
(a) He was frying pancakes one time and the sizzling butter zinged his right eye.
(b) During a riot, one of the policemen hit him in the eye with a flashlight.
(c) Michael Zinzun is not at all blind in one eye.
(d) In one of the riots he attended, there was a stray bullet which hit him on the left eye.

3. What statement does Big Al make about the Rodney King beating and the media attention it receives?
(a) The media should not have been involved and the case will go away quietly.
(b) It would have been a normal routine procedure if not for the media exposure it received.
(c) The media did not fairly potray Rodney King as a model black citizen.
(d) There was nothing new about black people being beaten, it was just brought into public view this time.

4. How does real estate agent Elaine Young come to be in the Beverly Hills Hotel on the day of the verdict?
(a) She saw a nice jewelry on display and decided to come in.
(b) She was just passing by and was pushed by the crowds.
(c) Her date canceled and she did not want to be alone at home.
(d) She met another real estate agent who wanted to hire her.

5. What issues does Maxine Waters confront the President about?
(a) Insufficient educational budget.
(b) Lack of housing programs.
(c) Unemployment, hopelessness, and despair.
(d) Addiction and crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Bill Bradley make about corporations and institutions?

2. What is "a badge of courage" as referred to in the story?

3. How does Betye Saar describe the look of the sky that night when the riots began?

4. What is Otis Chandler's occupation?

5. Where does Owen Smet get his training to become a deadeye?

(see the answer key)

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