View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author assert is "the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations" (14) in the Introduction?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Rage.
(c) Denial.
(d) Hatred.

2. When does the author describe performing in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest in the Introduction?
(a) January 17, 2000.
(b) June 2, 1998.
(c) September 12, 2003.
(d) March 15, 1995.

3. When did the author's father join Floyd H. Flake's ministerial staff?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1991.

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

5. According to Department of Education data, how many times more likely were Black students than White students to be suspended from public schools in the 2013-14 academic school year?
(a) 2 times more likely.
(b) 4 times more likely.
(c) 3 times more likely.
(d) 5 times more likely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903?

2. Who said in 1995, "It isn't racist for Whites to say they don't understand why people put up with gangs on the corner or in the projects or with drugs being sold in the schools or in the open" (113)?

3. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?

4. 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)?

5. Who said, "It is very difficult to find in the South today anything that can be traced directly back to Africa" (106) in 1919?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 293 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample