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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. Who wrote Roots?

2. By how many votes did Donald Trump win the state of Wisconsin in the 2016 election?

3. When was the term "microaggression" coined?

4. Who wrote in 1978, "In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently" (26)?

5. What is the author's current middle name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Plessy v. Ferguson refer to?

3. What are the origins of ethnic racism, according to the author?

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

5. How does the author describe his third grade teacher in Chapter 4?

6. What does "eugenics" refer to?

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

8. Why was the author giving a speech in the scenario he described in the Introduction? What was the speech about?

9. What is an "assimilationist"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the structure of How to Be an Antiracist. How and where in the book does the author present his thesis statement? How is the thesis supported? Where is the author's conclusion and what is his conclusion?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the topic of suasion. What does this term mean? How is it applied in a racial context? What does "respectability politics" mean and how is it related to suasion?

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