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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "Cotton Mather," Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the treatise Commentary on Ephesians?
(a) Thomas Bray.
(b) Morgan Godwyn.
(c) Georges Cuvier.
(d) Paul Baynes.

2. When did Pedro de Las Casas publish History of the Indes?
(a) 1561.
(b) 1523.
(c) 1590.
(d) 1570.

3. How much of the nation's wealth is owned by African Americans?
(a) 2.7%.
(b) 7.5%.
(c) 9.2%.
(d) 4.9%.

4. When did Spanish merchant Pedro de Las Casas settle in Hispaniola?
(a) 1398.
(b) 1502.
(c) 1521.
(d) 1496.

5. Why did Richard Mather come to America?
(a) To evade the French authorities.
(b) To seek gold.
(c) Religious persecution.
(d) To attend his arranged marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fort were the Portuguese beginning building in 1481?

2. When did John Cotton draft the first constitution of New England?

3. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?

4. Who killed Michael Brown?

5. The author indicates that at the time the book was written, Federal data shows that the median wealth of White households is how many more times the median wealth of Black households?

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