The 1619 Project - Chapter 12 Quiz

According to Villarosa, what has America's documented history of mistreating Black people in medical settings led to?

Question Answer Choices No significant change in health outcomes for Black people. Increased access to medical care for Black people. Better health outcomes and lower mortality for Black people. Worse health outcomes and higher mortality for Black people.

What historical experiments are mentioned as examples of mistreatment of Black patients in medical research?

Question Answer Choices The gynecological experiments of J. Marion Sims and the Tuskegee experiment. The Little Albert experiment and the Asch conformity experiments. The Willowbrook study and the Monster study. The Stanford prison experiment and the Milgram experiment.

What assertion comes directly from slavery, according to Villarosa?

Question Answer Choices The notion that Black people have a higher pain tolerance than white people. The belief that Black people and white people are biologically distinct. The concept that Black people are immune to certain diseases. The idea that Black people are more intelligent than white people.

What have studies shown medical professionals consistently underestimate in Black patients?

Question Answer Choices Black resilience. Black intelligence. Black immunity. Black pain.

What date is the epigraph in Terry McMillan's piece 'From Behind the Counter'?

Question Answer Choices March 1, 1965. February 1, 1960. January 1, 1959. April 1, 1963.

What is the significance of the epigraph dated August 28, 1995, in Danez Smith's poem '1955'?

Question Answer Choices It is the date of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It is the date when the Civil Rights Act was passed. It is the date when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech. It is the date on which Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered.

What does Villarosa say shapes the landscape of American health along color and class lines?

Question Answer Choices Medical advancements and technologies. Social determinants of health. Government policies and regulations. Cultural practices and traditions.

What historical event does Terry McMillan's piece 'From Behind the Counter' fictionalize?

Question Answer Choices The sit-in at the whites-only section of a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Little Rock Nine integration. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The Selma to Montgomery marches.

What legacy continues to pervade the American medical system, contributing to worse outcomes for Black people?

Question Answer Choices Technological legacy. Racist legacy. Cultural legacy. Economic legacy.

What does Linda Villarosa critically examine in Chapter 12 of 'The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story'?

Question Answer Choices The history of the civil rights movement in the United States. The role of Black women in American politics. The failures of the United States medical system to adequately care for Black patients. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy.