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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. What office did Sellers run for in the latter half of his college career at Morehouse?
(a) Hall Monitor.
(b) SGA President.
(c) Head of the Class Treasury.
(d) Board of Trustees Representative.

2. What events are essential to campaigning in South Carolina?
(a) Church fish fries.
(b) Tennis matches.
(c) Golf matches.
(d) Diner meetings.

3. Which friend of Sellers died as a young teenager?
(a) Betrand.
(b) Robert James.
(c) Alfred McClenan.
(d) Pop.

4. Who did Jarrod call to raise money for Sellers in 2005?
(a) Classmates from Yale.
(b) Classmates from Harvard.
(c) Classmates from Morehouse and Spelman.
(d) Classmates from Orange County.

5. Who gave Sellers his start-up money for his 2005 campaign?
(a) His roommate.
(b) His favorite professor.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sellers get his first tattoo?

2. When did Sellers graduate from Morehouse College?

3. Which of the following did Sellers view as critical to his candidacy in 2005?

4. What did Sellers's fiance do for a living?

5. Which advertising firm did Sellers meet with for his 2005 campaign?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, why does Sellers say the Confederate flag continued to fly at the South Carolina state capitol well into the 2000s?

2. What happened in the SGA race Sellers ran at Morehouse?

3. What kinds of tattoos does Sellers have and what do they mean to him?

4. What was former South Carolina Governor Dick Riley's advice to Sellers during his first political campaign?

5. Why does Sellers's mother think he is ultimately angrier about the Orangeburg Massacre than his father?

6. What does Sellers say is the most important thing in politics when a person is running a campaign?

7. Why did the Georgia House of Representatives refuse to seat Julian Bond after he won an election there in 1965?

8. How did Jim Clyburn react to Sellers's decision to run for Lieutenant governor?

9. What is the role of the Church Fish Fry in Southern politics?

10. Why did Sellers initially hesitate to endorse Barack Obama for president in 2007?

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