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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 Jean Bodin theorize that "intimate relations between the men and beasts ... still give birth to monsters in Africa" (31)?
(a) 1562.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1499.
(d) 1576.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote The Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation?

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

4. Whose acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin set off the #Black Lives Matter movement?

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

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