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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction - Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?
(a) Texas.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) California.

2. What percentatge of Black families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?
(a) 45%.
(b) 41%.
(c) 52%.
(d) 71%.

3. In what field did the author's mother take on a career?
(a) Healthcare technology.
(b) International banking.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Home decor.

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

5. Who wrote the manifesto The Spook Who Sat by the Door?
(a) Addison Gayle Jr.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Sam Greenlee.
(d) Richard Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined in Chapter 2 as "One who is expressing the racist idea that a racial group is culturally or behaviorally inferior and is supporting cultural or behavioral enrichment programs to develop that group" (30)?

2. What are the names of the author's maternal grandparents?

3. Who taught the class "The Black Aesthetic" that the author's father attended in college?

4. Who wrote in 1753, "I am apt to suspect the negroes and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites" (41)?

5. Who wrote Systema Nature in 1735?

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