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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 the term "colorism" coined?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1983.

2. Who argued in 1773, "All the vices which are charged upon the Negroes in the southern colonies and the West-Indies, such as Idleness, Treachery, Theft, and the like, are the genuine offspring of slavery" (117)?
(a) Edward Byron Reuter.
(b) Eric Holder.
(c) Benjamin Rush.
(d) Jason Riley.

3. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?
(a) Roanoke.
(b) Charlottesville.
(c) Manassas.
(d) Richmond.

4. When was Alexander Crummell's American Negro Academy founded?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1857.

5. Who stated, "The blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to whites in the endowments both of body and mind" (27)?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the founding meeting of the Socialist Party of America?

2. What are the names of the author's parents?

3. When did the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education take place?

4. Who directed the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?

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

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