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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?
(a) F-sharp.
(b) B-sharp.
(c) F-flat.
(d) G-sharp.

2. What is the name of the ghetto community on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles where the narrator grew up?
(a) Citrus Heights.
(b) Boardwalk.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Saginaw.

3. The narrator states in the Prologue, "Be it ancient Rome or modern-day America, you're either citizen or" what (5)?
(a) "Ruler."
(b) "Survivor."
(c) "Slave."
(d) "Emperor."

4. When did the West African nation of Ghana declare independence?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1935.

5. What does the narrator say his father was in Chapter 1?
(a) A social scientist.
(b) A history professor.
(c) An English professor.
(d) A pediatrician.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?

3. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?

4. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

5. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

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