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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. Whose acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin set off the #Black Lives Matter movement?
(a) Dylann Roof.
(b) George Zimmerman.
(c) Dante Servin.
(d) Darren Wilson.

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

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

4. What group described by the author in the Prologue "has blamed Black people themselves for the racial disparities" (2)?
(a) Assimilationists.
(b) Segregationists.
(c) Abolitionists.
(d) Antiracists.

5. What did George Best observe about the Inuit people of northeastern Canada on his voyage in 1577?
(a) They were darker than people living in the south.
(b) They were taller than people living in the south.
(c) They were paler than the people living in the south.
(d) They were shorter than people living in the south.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had sex on the Ark despite having been told not to, according to Genesis of the Bible?

2. 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?

3. Who wrote the treatise Commentary on Ephesians?

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

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

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