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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue – Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?
(a) Kitty Genovese's.
(b) Patricia Smith's.
(c) Sarah Greenway's.
(d) Paul Wilkinson's.

2. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?
(a) The Path to Enlightenment.
(b) The Faith and the Fury.
(c) The Blue Future of Life.
(d) The Planning of Change.

3. The narrator states in the Prologue, "This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never" what (3)?
(a) "Stolen anything."
(b) "Killed anyone."
(c) "Been in jail."
(d) "Gone fishing."

4. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

5. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?
(a) A romantic failure.
(b) A dysfunctional plutocracy.
(c) An unwavering democracy.
(d) An egalitarian empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?

2. How much money does the narrator say he spent on his suit in the Prologue?

3. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?

4. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?

5. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?

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