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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what college was the author accepted, although he did not attend that school?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Hampton University.
(d) Louisiana State University.

2. When did Alexander Crummell found the first formal Black intellectual society?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1897.

3. 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)?
(a) Robert Park.
(b) John J. DiIulio.
(c) Chester Pierce.
(d) Isaac La Peyrere.

4. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?
(a) June 3, 1997.
(b) October 16, 1995.
(c) September 5, 2018.
(d) July 30, 1992.

5. Who wrote the 2014 book A Troublesome Inheritance?
(a) Nicholas Wade.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Robert Park.
(d) Francis Galton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the immigrant student that the author describes teasing about his ethnic heritage in Chapter 5?

2. Who said in 1965, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair" (26)?

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

4. When does the author describe Soul Liberation performing at the University of Illinois in Chapter 1?

5. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?

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