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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's mother attend college?
(a) Nyack College.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Baruch College.

2. How much more likely are African Americans to die of cancer than Whites?
(a) 15%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 10%.

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

4. When was The Origin of Species published?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1902.

5. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 26%.
(b) 3%.
(c) 63%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?

3. By how many votes did Donald Trump win the state of Wisconsin in the 2016 election?

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

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