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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2016, what percentage of urban residents in the U.S. reported being victims of violent crimes?
(a) 3%.
(b) 9%.
(c) 43%.
(d) 7.4%.

2. Who wrote the 2005 book Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome?
(a) Jason Riley.
(b) Eric Holder.
(c) Joy DeGruy.
(d) Edward Byron Reuter.

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

4. Who wrote the manifesto The Spook Who Sat by the Door?
(a) Sam Greenlee.
(b) Addison Gayle Jr.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

5. When was The Bell Curve published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coined the term "Ebonics"?

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

3. Who did the author's ancestor Eliza marry?

4. When was The Origin of Species published?

5. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?

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