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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did White students hang nooses from the "White tree" at Jena High School?
(a) September 1, 2006.
(b) December 4, 2006.
(c) July 13, 2013.
(d) February 26, 2012.

2. Who said in 2016, "Although black civil rights leaders like to point to a supposedly racist criminal justice system to explain why our prisons house so many black men, it's been obvious for decades that the real culprit is black behavior" (116)?
(a) Jason Riley.
(b) Reverend Jamie Johnson.
(c) Eric Holder.
(d) Edward Byron Reuter.

3. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?
(a) Henry.
(b) James.
(c) Ellis.
(d) Conrad.

4. How much more likely are African Americans to die of cancer than Whites?
(a) 25%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 15%.

5. Who wrote The Leopard's Spots?
(a) Gunnar Myrdal.
(b) Chester Pierce.
(c) Thomas Dixon.
(d) Francis Galton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Conscience of the Conservative in 1960?

2. When was The Origin of Species published?

3. From where did the author's maternal grandparents move to New York?

4. What percentage of people survive the diagnosis that the author received in 2018?

5. Who wrote Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America?

(see the answer key)

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