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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. Where did the U.S. Housing Authority encourage whites to move?
(a) Inner cities.
(b) Country.
(c) Suburbs.
(d) Exurbs.

2. Why did Bob Jones University lose its tax-exempt status in 1976?
(a) For banning black students.
(b) For maintaining segregated dorms.
(c) For banning inter-racial dating.
(d) For professors sleeping with students.

3. Who does Rothstein say public housing was originally intended for?
(a) The working poor.
(b) Refugees from sharecropping.
(c) Lower- and middle-class families.
(d) Indigent people.

4. How does Rothstein characterize the prices African Americans paid for homes bought and flipped by blockbusters?
(a) Usurious.
(b) Inflated.
(c) Discounted.
(d) Leveraged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Supreme Court find that racially restrictive covenants were unconstitutional?

2. What did the Buchanan decision outlaw?

3. Where does Rothstein say inclusionary zoning ordinances are forcing builders to set aside units for low-income families?

4. What does Rothstein say the American government will have to address along with housing discrimination?

5. What does Rothstein say was behind the fear of property values falling?

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