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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. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?
2. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?
3. When did Bill Cosby tell the NAACP "we are not Africans" (106)?
4. When did a bipartisan group of White legislators introduce the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, according to the author in Chapter 6?
5. By how many votes did Donald Trump win the state of Wisconsin in the 2016 election?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the "curse theory" regarding racism?
2. How are denial and racism connected, according to the author in the Introduction?
3. How does the author dispute the idea that "African chiefs" sold their "own people" (74)?
4. What is an "assimilationist"?
5. Why was the author giving a speech in the scenario he described in the Introduction? What was the speech about?
6. How does the author describe his feelings about the speech he gave, as described in the Introduction?
7. What led the author to "protest" in third grade?
8. What does Plessy v. Ferguson refer to?
9. Describe the racial inequity of the U.S. prison population.
10. How is a "biological racist" defined by the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do assimilationism and segregationism mean? How do these terms connect to racism? How do the terms oppose one another? What underlying truths exist in each of these terms?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the biography and career of author Ibram X. Kendi. When and where was the author born? What was his childhood like? How did his childhood and upbringing influence his ideas on race and racism?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the speech that the author describes giving in the Introduction. What were the main points in the speech? Why does the author feel shame about the speech? How was the speech received? Why does the author include this story in the book?
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