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

2. Which mayor of Atlanta helped inspire Sellers's first political slogan that he used?
(a) Joyce Brainerd.
(b) Shirley Franklin.
(c) Hettie Williams.
(d) Marshall Williams.

3. What does Sellers say Morehouse College was bred on?
(a) Power.
(b) Anger.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Agitation.

4. What was the only food Sellers had where he lived during the summer as a junior in college?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Ramen.

5. Where are political deals usually struck, according to Sellers?
(a) Diners.
(b) Hotel bars.
(c) Church dinners.
(d) Country clubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say politics is all about at its core?

2. What was one reason Sellers thought Rhoad was vulnerable in the campaign he ran against him?

3. Which pastor was Sellers good friends with, who encouraged Sellers at the end of his grueling 2014 race?

4. Who became Sellers's fiance?

5. When did Sellers graduate from Morehouse College?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sellers thinks was the cause of his mother's anxiety and depression?

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

3. How did Ellen, Sellers's partner, react to his decision to run for lieutenant governor?

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

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

6. When did Sellers first plot his run for South Carolina's House of Representatives?

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

8. What does Sellers think is one positive aspect of anger?

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

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

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