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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Mulatto in the United States in 1918?
(a) Edward Byron Reuter.
(b) Charles Carroll.
(c) Carl C. Brigham.
(d) Gomes de Zurara.

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts?
(a) Attribution.
(b) Exoneration.
(c) Paucity.
(d) Leniency.

3. Who wrote in 1978, "In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently" (26)?
(a) Addison Gayle Jr.
(b) Harry Blackmun.
(c) James Cone.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

4. Who wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea in 1453?
(a) Eleanor Holmes.
(b) Carl Linnaeus.
(c) Addison Gayle Jr.
(d) Gomes de Zurara.

5. Where did the author's father attend college?
(a) Baruch College.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the U.S. prison population in 2016 was comprised of Black and Latinx people?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 8 that the use of what "to measure aptitude and intelligent is one of the most effective racist policies ever devised to degrade Black minds and legally exclude Black bodies" (124)?

3. When was The Origin of Species published?

4. 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)?

5. What percentage of White families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

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