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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. How old was Sellers's opponent in the state legislature when he ran against him in 2005?
(a) 82.
(b) 50.
(c) 90.
(d) 45.

2. What did John Lewis do during his congressional race with Julian Bond that Sellers think may have won Lewis the election?
(a) Raise much more money than Bond.
(b) Receive many influential endorsements.
(c) Campaign harder than Bond did.
(d) Demand Bond take a drug test.

3. Who is Sellers's stepdaughter?
(a) Kai Carter.
(b) Braleen Carter.
(c) Rucker Carter.
(d) Benae Carter.

4. What did Sellers ask his opponent in 2014 to do during an interview on MSNBC?
(a) Renounce his membership at a reportedly whites-only country club.
(b) Renounce his racist followers.
(c) Renounce his campaign contributions from corporate doners.
(d) Disavow Q-Anon.

5. What transgression plagued Sellers for years afterwards?
(a) His traffic violation.
(b) His prosecution for shoplifting.
(c) Being charged with disorderly conduct.
(d) His prosecution for drug possession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who managed Sellers's 2014 campaign?

2. Which high school friend of Sellers was killed in the War in Afghanistan in 2003?

3. Which radio host does Sellers particularly admire in Part IV?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What political risk did Sellers take in 2014?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why does Sellers feel that knocking on doors is so important during a political campaign?

8. Why were some Black people in South Carolina nervous about the candidacy of Barack Obama for president, according to Sellers?

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

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

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