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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Considering Fixes, and Epilogue, pages 195-218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the mortgages in the U.S. does Rothstein say were the FHA and the Veterans Administration insuring by 1950?
(a) 75%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 80%.

2. What does Rothstein say black families were unprepared to do as a consequence of purchasing from blockbusters?
(a) Afford maintenance.
(b) Add additions to their homes.
(c) Life off one wage-earner.
(d) Buy second homes.

3. How does Rothstein characterize blockbusting?
(a) As a few renegade real estate agents deceiving the public.
(b) As a federal government policy.
(c) As a form of de jure segregation.
(d) As a form of collusion with the FHA.

4. What flag did the mob fly outside of Bill Myers’ house, while the cops stood by doing nothing?
(a) The Confederate flag.
(b) The Soviet flag.
(c) The American flag.
(d) The South African flag.

5. Which Constitutional Amendments does Rothstein say are violated by housing discrimination?
(a) 5th,13th, 14th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 13th.
(d) 2nd.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rothstein characterize the justifications planning committees used for segregation and discrimination when they knew the Constitutional requirement?

2. When would a black family acquire equity in the house it bought, under the kinds of sales blockbusters typically used?

3. What kind of zoning were African Americans most likely to live in?

4. What does Rothstein say created the emotional time in which the Fair Housing Act was passed?

5. After the post-war housing shortage ended, what does Rothstein say the real estate industry lobbied for?

(see the answer key)

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