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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 wrote Black Theology and Black Power in 1969?
(a) Carl Linnaeus.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Addison Gayle Jr.
(d) James Cone.

2. Who wrote in The War On Cops, "The core criminal-justice population is the black underclass" (87)?
(a) Isaac La Peyrere.
(b) Robert Park.
(c) Chester Pierce.
(d) Heather Mac Donald.

3. Who was cursed by Noah in the Bible because his father viewed Noah in his nakedness?
(a) Canaan.
(b) Peter.
(c) Moses.
(d) Adam.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. When was the film Hoop Dreams released?

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 enroll in high school in the ninth grade?

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