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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Message to the Blackman in America written?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1972.

2. What percentage of the U.S. prison population in 2016 was comprised of Black and Latinx people?
(a) 67%.
(b) 23%.
(c) 72%.
(d) 56%.

3. Who was Charles Darwin's half cousin that powered the transatlantic eugenics movement?
(a) Francis Galton.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Nicholas Wade.
(d) Robert Park.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote Dark Ghetto?

3. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?

4. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?

5. What does the author assert "is the real Black on Black crime" (13) in the Introduction?

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