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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the author's maternal grandparents?

2. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?

3. Where did the author's mother attend college?

4. When was The Origin of Species published?

5. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the racial inequity of the U.S. prison population.

2. What is an "assimilationist"?

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

4. How does healthcare relate to racist policy?

5. What led the author to "protest" in third grade?

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

7. What does "affirmative action" refer to?

8. Why does the author no longer use the term "microaggression" anymore?

9. What, according to the author, is the problem with being "not racist"?

10. What are "polygenesis" and "monogenesis"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's journey to become an antiracist. What are some of the failings that the author discusses along this journey? How did Kendi overcome these failings? What struggles does the author face today?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the speech that the author describes giving in the Introduction. What were the main points in the speech? Why does the author feel shame about the speech? How was the speech received? Why does the author include this story in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss bodily racism and bodily antiracism. How are these terms defined by the author? How does bodily racism differ from cultural, class, or space racism? How do you relate to bodily racism?

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