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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. Which movie in the 1960s do Reynolds and Kendi compare to Tarzan and The Birth of a Nation?
(a) Planet of the Apes.
(b) Sankofa.
(c) Zartura.
(d) Slash.

2. Who wrote Tarzan?
(a) Edgar Rice Burroughs.
(b) Frederick Mitchell.
(c) William Hastert.
(d) Benny Hasterline.

3. Who was the most famous Black man in America in 1908?
(a) Benny Harp.
(b) Mohammed Ali.
(c) Jack Johnson.
(d) Joe Louis.

4. What approach did Richard Nixon use in his 1968 run for the presidency?
(a) The Divide and Conquer Strategy.
(b) The Confederate Strategy.
(c) The Lame Duck Strategy.
(d) The Southern Strategy.

5. What is Tarzan's original name in the novel?
(a) John Clayton.
(b) David Banner.
(c) Tony Stark.
(d) Steve Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

2. Who wrote Malcolm X.'s autobiography with him?

3. Which jail did Martin Luther King Jr. write a letter from in the early 1960s?

4. What state was Barry Goldwater a senator from?

5. What terrible event resulted in the deaths of four Black children in Birmingham in 1963?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tarzan symbolize for White people?

2. How did the media treat Malcolm X's death, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

3. Why was Angela Davis charged with murder?

4. Who was involved in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?

5. According to Reynolds and Kendi, what was a drawback of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

6. What is one major change that Stokely Carmichael brought into the antiracist fight?

7. What do Reynolds and Kendi say that Black people were doing even as Lincoln was labeled the Great Emancipator?

8. What were some of President Andrew Johnson's influences on race relations in America?

9. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is the most effective piece of antiracist legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress?

10. What did President Woodrow Wilson fear about Black soldiers' experiences in Europe during WWI?

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