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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author perform in the final round of the Prince William County Martin Luther King Jr. oratorial contest described in the Introduction?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

2. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?
(a) Manassas.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Roanoke.
(d) Charlottesville.

3. Who coined the term "microaggression"?
(a) Thomas Dixon.
(b) Gunnar Myrdal.
(c) Francis Galton.
(d) Chester Pierce.

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

5. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?
(a) Robert Park.
(b) John J. DiIulio.
(c) Isaac La Peyrere.
(d) Chester Pierce.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?

3. Who wrote An American Dilemma?

4. When did the author's mother celebrate her 31st birthday?

5. What are the names of the author's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "affirmative action" refer to?

2. What does the "war on drugs" refer to?

3. How are the terms "bodily racist" and "bodily antiracist" defined?

4. How is a "biological racist" defined by the author?

5. What is the "curse theory" regarding racism?

6. What does "eugenics" refer to?

7. How does the author define a "segregationist"?

8. Why does the author assert that definitions are important?

9. What was the Human Genome Project?

10. Who was Henry the Navigator and why does the author discuss him?

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