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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rate of minority illegitimacy for young black women?
(a) Near eighty percent.
(b) Near ninety percent.
(c) Near fifty percent.
(d) Near seventy percent.

2. According to Bill, what makes it possible for a common man to achieve fame and success?
(a) The country's financial status.
(b) The country's reputation.
(c) The country's atmosphere.
(d) The country's political system.

3. What did the defense lawyers unethically ignore in the case that Bill complained about?
(a) The judge's request.
(b) The verdict.
(c) The jury's request.
(d) Their client's guilt.

4. In the end, what does Bill think is all that matters?
(a) Only what you do.
(b) What you do and what others do.
(c) What you do and how others perceive you.
(d) What you do, what others do, and how others perceive you.

5. What type of policy did the cops have on drug addicts when Bill's grandfather worked as an officer?
(a) Very little tolerance.
(b) No tolerance.
(c) Moderate tolerance.
(d) A lot of tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Bill thinks made the stars what they are today?

2. Who did the defense lawyers ruthlessly attack, drawing Bill's attention and complaint?

3. What event was Bill at when one of his comments was taken out of context?

4. How many defense lawyers had acted unethically, according to the complaint Bill filed?

5. According to Bill, what drives the inequality of law enforcement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does Bill give of how the media rushed to judgment in the Iraq war and were left looking foolish?

2. How does Bill describe Peter Jennings?

3. Why does Bill choose to end the book with a chapter that does not involve politics?

4. What are some of the reasons why Bill supports the Iraq war?

5. As Bill explains in Chapter 8, what is the hypocrisy of some people that claim to represent the minorities?

6. What was the difference in the way the police handled crime when Bill's grandfather patrolled the streets of New York?

7. How is the legal system of the country growing?

8. Why did Bill file a complaint with the California State Bar?

9. What are Bill's thoughts on tolerance?

10. According to Bill, what aspects of America make it possible for anyone to rise up and achieve fame or success?

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