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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 did some young White voters tell Sellers during his 2014 campaign?

2. Who was Sellers's fiance formerly married to?

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

4. Where are political deals usually struck, according to Sellers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What reaction did Sellers often have to the hateful speech and messages he received via social media?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Sellers believe his career as an analyst for CNN has enabled him to achieve in regards to social and political progress in the U.S.? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Sellers describe his feelings about the racist and hate-filled messages he receives regularly via social media? What does Sellers feel the best reaction and/or response to these kinds of messages is? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining Sellers's decision-making process in trying to weigh whether or not to endorse Barack Obama for president in 2008.

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