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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. When did Nobel Laureate Gunnar Mydral produce a study of race relations?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1940.

2. Who gave the speech from which the author derived the title Stamped from the Beginning?
(a) Darren Wilson.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Dante Servin.
(d) George Zimmerman.

3. What name was Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi given when he was released from slavery?
(a) Johannes Leo.
(b) Morgan Godwyn.
(c) George Fox.
(d) Paul Baynes.

4. How many times more likely were young Black males to be killed by police than their White counterparts between 2010 and 2012?
(a) 21 times more likely.
(b) 2 times more likely.
(c) 10 times more likely.
(d) 14 times more likely.

5. What fort were the Portuguese beginning building in 1481?
(a) Ceuta.
(b) Atenia.
(c) Alitta.
(d) Elmina.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sandra Bland found hanged in her jail cell?

2. What was the principal Muslim trading depot that King John of Portugal set out to obtain?

3. How many times more likely are Black people to be incarcerated in comparison with their White counterparts?

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

5. Who wrote the treatise Commentary on Ephesians?

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