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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was An American Dilemma published?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1959.

2. Who taught the class "The Black Aesthetic" that the author's father attended in college?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Addison Gayle Jr.
(d) Sam Greenlee.

3. 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) June 2, 1998.
(b) January 17, 2000.
(c) March 15, 1995.
(d) September 12, 2003.

4. How many students attended the high school that the author attended?
(a) 500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,000.

5. When did the author's family move from New York to Virginia?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Approximately what percentage of the U.S. population does the author assert Black people comprise?

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. What adored civil-rights lawyer wrote in The New York Times in 1985 that the "remedy ... is not as simple as providing necessities and opportunities," but urged the "overthrow of the complicated predatory ghetto subculture" (33)?

5. What does the author assert is "the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations" (14) in the Introduction?

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