1. Who introduced the resolution honoring the life and memory of Jesse Helms?
  Representative W. Edward "Eddie" Goodall
  Senator Dan Blue
  Representative Paul Stam
  Speaker Joe Hackney

2. Jesse Helms hated...
  only African Americans
  all people of color
  mainly Jewish people
  African Americans, gays and lesbians, and Communists

3. African American legislators voting to honor Jesse Helms included...
  none
  Representatives Ty Harrell and Marvin Lucas
  Senator Dan Blue, Representative Darren Jackson, and Representative William Wainwright
  Representative Larry Hall and Representative Rosa Gill

4. The only lawmaker voting against the resolution honoring Helms was...
  Senator Floyd McKissick
  Senator Julia Boseman
  Representative Paul Stam
  Representative Pearl Burris-Floyd

5. In attempting to prevent the Senate from honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. with a national holiday, Senator Helms...
  boycotted the session and did not vote
  lobbied his fellow senators to vote against the bill
  employed a filibuster lasting 16 days
  made a nationally televised appeal against passage of the bill

6. In an elevator, Helms sang "Dixie" to which African American lawmaker, and bragged, "I'm going to sing 'Dixie' until she cries"?
  Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
  Representative Barbara Jordan
  Representative Shirley Chisholm
  Representative Maxine Waters

7. Jesse Helms referred to what bill as the "single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress"?
  Voting Rights Act
  Civil Rights Act of 1964
  School Desegregation Bill
  Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill

8. Senator Helms's full name was...
  Jesse James Helms
  Wilford Jesse Helms, III
  Jeston William Helms
  Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr.

9. The media often referred to Jesse Helms as
  an outspoken, iconic statesman
  a racist bigot
  a biased and divisive politician
  a magnanimous and inspirational leader

10. Which of the following is not true about Jesse Helms?
  He referred to the University of North Carolina as "the University of Negroes and Communists"
  He said people with AIDS were responsible for their disease because of their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct"
  Months before he died, Jesse Helms was apologetic for his racist views and actions
  He supported the racist apartheid regime of South Africa

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