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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 mental health issues does Sellers suffer from that started as a young teenager?
(a) Bipolar Disorder.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Depression.

2. Which high school friend of Sellers was killed in the War in Afghanistan in 2003?
(a) Robert Heldry.
(b) Darius Jennings.
(c) Val Marshall.
(d) Richard Lemmings.

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

4. What does Sellers think anxiety is grounded in for many Black males?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Educational disparity.
(c) Pressure.
(d) Self-directed anger and rage.

5. Who did Sellers run against in his race for the South Carolina House of Representatives?
(a) Jim Jeffries.
(b) Harrison Beaurguard.
(c) Thomas Rhoad Jr.
(d) Barry White.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sellers's parents react when he told them he was running for the state legislature?

2. What did Martin Luther King Jr. aspire to be in his career before he became a minister?

3. What transgression plagued Sellers for years afterwards?

4. How did the person asking for Sellers's endorsement convince him to endorse Obama for president?

5. What radio show did Sellers go on to talk about the prevalence of anxiety in African American families?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Sellers challenge his opponent for Lieutenant Governor to do on MSNBC?

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

4. How did Sellers's parents react when he told them he was running for a seat in the state legislature at the age of 21?

5. What does Sellers think was the start of his struggle with anxiety?

6. What political risk did Sellers take in 2014?

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

8. In Part III, what happened to Sellers at the end of the campaign on a stage in Bamburg County?

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

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

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