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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "It is very difficult to find in the South today anything that can be traced directly back to Africa" (106) in 1919?
(a) Isaac La Peyrere.
(b) Robert Park.
(c) Gunnar Myrdal.
(d) Chester Pierce.

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

3. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?
(a) October 16, 1995.
(b) June 3, 1997.
(c) September 5, 2018.
(d) July 30, 1992.

4. In the presidential election in 2000, how many ballots were invalidated by Florida election officials?
(a) 179,855.
(b) 134,253.
(c) 99,353.
(d) 234,522.

5. When did a bipartisan group of White legislators introduce the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Negro a Beast published?

2. According to the author, "The 1882 Chinese Restriction Act was exted to an even broader act, encompassing a larger 'Asiatic Barred Zone'" in what year (76)?

3. When was The Plantation Negro as a Freeman published?

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

5. Who wrote The Mark of Oppression: A Psychosocial Study of the American Negro?

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