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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Heritage Foundation president wrote in 2018, "Being black and the daughter of a former welfare recipient, I know firsthand the unintended harm welfare has caused" (187)?
(a) Kay Coles James.
(b) Oscar Lewis.
(c) E. Franklin Frazier.
(d) Kenneth Clark.

2. When was An American Dilemma published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1944.

3. Who was the author's friend at Temple that he learned was gay?
(a) Gbenga.
(b) Roger.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Weckea.

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

5. Who wrote Roots?
(a) Alex Haley.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Thomas Dixon.
(d) Francis Galton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?

2. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?

3. Who wrote The Fire Next Time?

4. In 1930, how much money did segregationist Alabama spend for each White student in public schools?

5. Who said in 1965, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair" (26)?

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