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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. 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?
(a) 5 times more.
(b) 4 times more.
(c) 9 times more.
(d) 13 times more.

2. Who is the off-duty detective that shot Rekia Boyd?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Darren Wilson.
(c) Dante Servin.
(d) Dylann Roof.

3. What was the principal Muslim trading depot that King John of Portugal set out to obtain?
(a) Cordoba.
(b) Ceuta.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Manatowak.

4. How many times more likely are Black people to be incarcerated in comparison with their White counterparts?
(a) Eight times more likely.
(b) Two times more likely.
(c) Five times more likely.
(d) Three times more likely.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the treatise Commentary on Ephesians?

3. How much of the nation's wealth is owned by African Americans?

4. Who gave the speech from which the author derived the title Stamped from the Beginning?

5. When did Pedro de Las Casas publish History of the Indes?

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