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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should readers react to twilight, as recommended by Hami Bhabha?
(a) Reject the ideas of twilight.
(b) More interpretive and creative way.
(c) Should follow a structured system.
(d) Should ignore it completely.

2. What does twilight force us to be aware of?
(a) That there is an agreement between cosmic and actual events.
(b) That there are limited resources at any given time.
(c) That we are all but human.
(d) How we project ourselves into a situation and how we are part of an event.

3. What does Braun think Pontius Pilate is doing?
(a) Love and hate for blacks.
(b) Being a ruler and being a counselor to his people.
(c) Trying to balance punishing an innocent man and keeping the public from uprising.
(d) Politics and marriage.

4. What gun does Owen Smet start people out with?
(a) An AK-47.
(b) A nine millimeter.
(c) A thirty-eight.
(d) A forty-five pistol.

5. According to Hami Bhabha, what are the people trying to understand?
(a) The ambivalence of what happened in Los Angeles.
(b) The complete control of the police force over the rioters.
(c) The serenity of the riots.
(d) The calm among government officials.

6. How does Twilight Bey describe himself?
(a) A pitbull.
(b) A stallion.
(c) A bullfrog.
(d) A watchdog.

7. How are Gladis Sibrian and her friends described by other people?
(a) Afraid of their own shadows.
(b) Ruthless and cunning.
(c) Idealistic and romantic.
(d) Aggressive and lazy.

8. How long will it take to figure out what happens to the Black Panther Party, according to Elaine Brown?
(a) Two years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Twenty years.

9. What do the police officers tell Braun's son in an encounter?
(a) They will find a way to hunt him down.
(b) They will put a screw through his chest if he did not shut up.
(c) They will kill his dad if he did not shut up.
(d) They will kill him if he did not shut up.

10. What statement does Paul Parker make about the LAPD's efforts to find and arrest the people responsible for Reginald Denny's beating?
(a) It would have been done better if the FBI was involved.
(b) The efforts were mostly a public relations program prompted by certain criticisms.
(c) It shouldn't have been done in the first place.
(d) It was inefficient since not enough violence was employed.

11. What report does Maxine Waters refer to that discusses the ills of society, among others?
(a) Kerner Commission Report.
(b) Report Against Police Violence.
(c) Waters Commission Report.
(d) Gates Commission Report.

12. How does real estate agent Elaine Young come to be in the Beverly Hills Hotel on the day of the verdict?
(a) She saw a nice jewelry on display and decided to come in.
(b) Her date canceled and she did not want to be alone at home.
(c) She was just passing by and was pushed by the crowds.
(d) She met another real estate agent who wanted to hire her.

13. How does Hami Bhabha describe the "twilight"?
(a) A moment of total zen.
(b) A moment of serenity.
(c) An in-between moment of ambivalence.
(d) A moment of total chaos.

14. According to Peter Sellars, what is the one thing that his father cares about?
(a) Peace.
(b) Family.
(c) War.
(d) Success.

15. According to Elaine Brown, where should people base their commitment if they want real change in society?
(a) Hate.
(b) Lust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Reverend Tom Choi find out after some time in his interaction with the people in the community?

2. Why is Betye Saar surprised when they get to the restaurant?

3. Whose story does Elaine Brown always tell young men who are drawn to the group by its guns?

4. Where does Maxine Waters give her speech after Daryl Gates resigns from the LAPD?

5. What statement best describes Bill Bradley's stand on the laws of the land?

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