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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Elaine Brown author?
(a) A Taste of Sugar.
(b) A Taste of Power.
(c) A Taste of Vinegar.
(d) A Taste of Acid.

2. What statement does Hami Bhabha make about twilight?
(a) We see the sharp outlines visible in daylight when we look at the disturbance in twilight.
(b) Twilight is an overrated, abused term.
(c) Everyone should consider reading the twilight.
(d) There is no such thing as twilight.

3. How does Betye Saar describe the look of the sky that night when the riots began?
(a) It hints of pleasant surprises to come.
(b) There is nothing unusual about the sky that night.
(c) A limbo time.
(d) Like lightning but no rain.

4. What statement does Peter Sellars give about the situation in the city?
(a) It was like bungee-jumping.
(b) It was like being in a festival.
(c) It was like being in a merry-go-round.
(d) It was like being incinerated.

5. What is Gladis Sibrian's nom de guerre?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Dora.
(c) Erika.
(d) Alicia.

6. What statement does Bill Bradley make about corporations and institutions?
(a) He does not make any statements about corporations and institutions.
(b) The moral power of corporations and institutions has to be brought to bear when colored people are treated unjustly.
(c) Corporations and institutions are doing their social obligations to the people.
(d) Corporations and institutions should donate more towards charitable causes.

7. Which statement best describes Twilight Bey's feelings?
(a) Like a child lost in a field of corn.
(b) Like walking in the dark.
(c) Like a child learning how to walk.
(d) Like he is stuck in limbo.

8. What particular word does Paula Weinstein use in her press release that is objected to by the entertainment industry people?
(a) Uprising.
(b) Uptown.
(c) Upheaval.
(d) Upset.

9. Which statement best describes Mrs. Young-soon Han's feelings?
(a) Korean immigrants should go home to Korea.
(b) Korean immigrants take advantage of African-American.
(c) Korean immigrants get equal treatment.
(d) Korean immigrants are victims of injustice.

10. Do Koreans receive welfare or food stamps?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) When it's raining hard.
(d) Not all the time.

11. According to Hami Bhabha, what are the people trying to understand?
(a) The calm among government officials.
(b) The complete control of the police force over the rioters.
(c) The ambivalence of what happened in Los Angeles.
(d) The serenity of the riots.

12. Where do Paula Weinstein and her husband Mark call a press conference on the day the verdict comes down?
(a) Nokia Theater.
(b) NBC Studios.
(c) Warner Brothers lot.
(d) Kodak Theater.

13. How much does the membership at the Beverly Hills Gun Club increase after the riots?
(a) Twenty percent.
(b) Thirty percent.
(c) Forty percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

14. How does Maxine Waters force her ideas onto lawmakers?
(a) By writing numerous press releases.
(b) By talking to them one by one in private.
(c) By going into interviews on all radio stations.
(d) By pushing into meetings where she was not invited.

15. What question does Braun pose in relation to the Rodney King trial?
(a) Why did they beat Reginald Denny?
(b) Who are Powell and Koon?
(c) Where are Laurie and Tina?
(d) Is it the quest for truth or is the society protecting itself?

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maxine Waters give her speech after Daryl Gates resigns from the LAPD?

2. What is Betye Saar's current occupation?

3. How does Twilight Bey describe himself?

4. What does Betye's companion think about the verdict?

5. What statement best describes Bill Bradley's stand on the laws of the land?

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