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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) Addison Gayle Jr.
(b) Eleanor Holmes.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) James Cone.

2. 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) September 5, 2018.
(c) July 30, 1992.
(d) October 16, 1995.

3. What percentage of White families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?
(a) 71%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 41%.

4. Who coined the term "microaggression"?
(a) Gunnar Myrdal.
(b) Thomas Dixon.
(c) Chester Pierce.
(d) Francis Galton.

5. In 2016, what percentage of urban residents in the U.S. reported being victims of violent crimes?
(a) 43%.
(b) 7.4%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 9%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentatge of Black families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

2. Who wrote Native Son?

3. Who wrote Black Theology and Black Power in 1969?

4. When did the author's father join Floyd H. Flake's ministerial staff?

5. Who wrote the 2014 book A Troublesome Inheritance?

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