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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. What was the only food Sellers had where he lived during the summer as a junior in college?
2. What does Sellers say the GOP is sometimes referred to as nowadays?
3. Who did Sellers run against in his race for the South Carolina House of Representatives?
4. What did John Lewis do during his congressional race with Julian Bond that Sellers think may have won Lewis the election?
5. Who is Sellers's stepdaughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sellers thinks was the cause of his mother's anxiety and depression?
2. How did Jim Clyburn react to Sellers's decision to run for Lieutenant governor?
3. What mistake did Sellers realize he and the other organizers made during Obama's 2007 visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg?
4. What reaction did Sellers often have to the hateful speech and messages he received via social media?
5. What does Sellers think is one positive aspect of anger?
6. What did Sellers challenge his opponent for Lieutenant Governor to do on MSNBC?
7. What happened in the SGA race Sellers ran at Morehouse?
8. Why did the Georgia House of Representatives refuse to seat Julian Bond after he won an election there in 1965?
9. Why does Sellers's mother think he is ultimately angrier about the Orangeburg Massacre than his father?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sellers describe his feelings about the origins of his own anxiety and mental health struggles? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the lessons Sellers learned from his failed bid for lieutenant governor of South Carolina? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Sellers explain the cultural, social, and political atmosphere and values he was steeped in growing up in Denmark, South Carolina? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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