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

2. What does Sellers think anxiety is grounded in for many Black males?

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

4. Who did Jarrod call to raise money for Sellers in 2005?

5. Where did Sellers do a campaign event with Barack Obama in 2007?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened in the SGA race Sellers ran at Morehouse?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Sellers thinks Donald Trump's presidential campaign and presidency say about America, and about race relations in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring and explaining Sellers's feelings about the divergent paths of his own life and that of his good friend from Denmark, Pop.

Essay Topic 3

What does Sellers feel is his father Cleve's legacy regarding the civil rights movement and the push for Black equality in America? What impact did Cleve Sellers's activism have on Sellers's own opinions about politics and political service? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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