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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 24 - Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Black Supreme Court justice did President George H.W. Bush appoint to replace Thurgood Marshall?
(a) James Browning.
(b) Clarence Thomas.
(c) Robert Kinckle.
(d) Mitchell Rendy.

2. What did Gabriel and Nancy Prosser do as explained in Chapter 10?
(a) Argued a case before the Supreme Court.
(b) Planned a failed slave rebellion.
(c) Were the first black couple to own their own land.
(d) Wrote a book about slavery.

3. What does Kendi say he wanted to explore in writing Stamped From The Beginning?
(a) The source of racist ideas.
(b) Racist ideas in China.
(c) Racist ideas in Eastern Europe.
(d) Racist ideas in Canada.

4. What do assimilationists think about combatting racism?
(a) They need to transform people's views of racism through pop culture.
(b) The need to change people's minds through religion.
(c) They think Black people need to read more White authors.
(d) They think Black people need to transform themselves to become more like White people.

5. What was the title of James Baldwin's 1962 activist manifesto?
(a) The Leftover Fire.
(b) Nights of Fire.
(c) Smoke Before Fire.
(d) The Fire Next Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise state?

2. What famous Public Enemy song became an anthem for Black teenagers seeking social justice in the late 1980s?

3. What did Andrew Johnson do to a lot of Lincoln's promises?

4. Who was the famously racist White police chief in Birmingham Alabama in 1963?

5. Why were White Privileges created?

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