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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "W. E. B. Du Bois," Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Franz Boas's 1911 magnum opus?
(a) The Mind of Primitive Man.
(b) Minds and Matter.
(c) The Archeology of Ancient Greece.
(d) The Journey through Africa.

3. Who wrote Two Lectures on the Natural History of the Caucasian and Negro Races in 1845?
(a) Morgan Godwyn.
(b) Thomas Bray.
(c) Josiah Nott.
(d) George Fox.

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

5. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka decided?
(a) January 7, 1962.
(b) May 12, 1959.
(c) January 1, 1940.
(d) May 17, 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Sarah Baartman's South African master?

2. Where did the Black revolt of September 8, 1791 take place?

3. 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?

4. What had the population of Boston grown to by the time of John Adams's death?

5. Who became "one of the first African Americans to publicly attack the idea of uplift suasion" in the 1830s (179)?

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