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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 word from Chapter 1 refers to the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts?
(a) Leniency.
(b) Exoneration.
(c) Paucity.
(d) Attribution.

2. When did the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education take place?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1948.

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

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

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) 1989.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the 2014 book A Troublesome Inheritance?

2. When were the Scottsboro Boys falsely accused of raping two Alabama White women?

3. 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)?

4. When was Alexander Crummell's American Negro Academy founded?

5. In 1993, what percentage of urban residents reported being victims of violent crime in the U.S.?

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