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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Zone, The Unheard | The War Zone, Washington.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gil Garcetti believe in when it comes to jurors and their participation in trials?
(a) Most jurors do not take their duties seriously and that their participation in trials be limited to those of observers.
(b) Most jurors take their oath seriously and because the burden of proof in a criminal trial is very high, jurors must carefully examine and consider all evidence in a case.
(c) The judiciary system has to be changed to give less power to jurors and more to judges and district attorneys.
(d) Ordinary civilians should not be tasked with matters of the law.

2. According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform?
(a) It enables a person to distinguish colors.
(b) It lets a person smell.
(c) It pumps blood from the heart to the brain.
(d) It is where learning skills and a person's basic characteristics are.

3. What is Proposition F?
(a) An effort to limit the police chief's term to five years.
(b) A policy prohibiting riots to take place on weekdays.
(c) A legislation which aims to appoint African-Americans as chief of police.
(d) A resolution preventing African-Americans from driving luxury cars.

4. How does Maxine Waters force her ideas onto lawmakers?
(a) By going into interviews on all radio stations.
(b) By writing numerous press releases.
(c) By talking to them one by one in private.
(d) By pushing into meetings where she was not invited.

5. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?
(a) Black men defy authority while black women cannot.
(b) Black men know how to handle the politics and the environment.
(c) Black men are more ideological.
(d) Black men are more obedient to the laws of the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cornel West, why do gunfighters become heroes?

2. Sheinbaum heard women screaming about people coming into the building. At that same time, what comes through the seven to ten-foot high plate glass windowpanes?

3. Who took a video of the beating from their helicopter over the intersection of Florence and Normandie?

4. There was once a demonstration of 850 people, including Spanish and white people. What is the event that precedes the demonstration?

5. What does the video show at the beginning of the riots?

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