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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is defined in Chapter 2 as "One who is expressing the racist idea that a permanently inferior racial group can never be developed and is supporting policy that segregates away that racial group" (31)?
(a) Arbitrator.
(b) Assimilationist.
(c) Segregationist.
(d) Cultural elitist.

3. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Robert Park.
(c) Chester Pierce.
(d) Isaac La Peyrere.

4. When does the author describe Soul Liberation performing at the University of Illinois in Chapter 1?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

5. When was the term "microaggression" coined?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what college was the author accepted, although he did not attend that school?

2. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?

3. What was the Latinx immigrant population in the U.S. in 1980?

4. Who coined the term "Ebonics"?

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

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