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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 was Sandra Bland found hanged in her jail cell?
(a) July 13, 2015.
(b) June 15, 2014.
(c) March 15, 2011.
(d) March 26, 2013.

2. Who was responsible for the murders in the Charleson church shooting?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Darren Wilson.
(c) Dante Servin.
(d) Dylann Roof.

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

4. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?
(a) 40%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 20%.

5. To whom was Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi given after he was enslaved?
(a) George Fox.
(b) Cotton Mather.
(c) King George.
(d) Pope Leo X.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name was Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi given when he was released from slavery?

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 gave the speech from which the author derived the title Stamped from the Beginning?

4. When did Jean Bodin theorize that "intimate relations between the men and beasts ... still give birth to monsters in Africa" (31)?

5. When did Freddie Gray die while in police custody?

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