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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) James Cone.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.

2. Who directed the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?
(a) Havelock Ellis.
(b) E. Franklin Frazier.
(c) Melvin von Peebles.
(d) Kenneth Clark.

3. What was the Black poverty rate in 2017, according to the author in Chapter 12?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 10%.

4. Who taught the class "The Black Aesthetic" that the author's father attended in college?
(a) Sam Greenlee.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.

5. According to the author, how much longer do White Americans live over their Black counterparts?
(a) 1.5 years.
(b) 4.5 years.
(c) 3.5 years.
(d) 2.5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seminal work did Molefi Kete Asante publish in 1980?

2. When was the author's ancestor Eliza born?

3. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?

4. What nickname did the author get named in seventh and eighth grades?

5. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?

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