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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 6 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country became the Eastern Hemisphere's symbol of freedom following a slave rebellion there in the late 1700s?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Haiti.
(c) America.
(d) England.

2. What book did Cotton Mather write?
(a) Witch Handbook.
(b) How to Tell a Witch From a Woman.
(c) On the Witchcraftery Next Door.
(d) Memorable Providence, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions.

3. How did the world's first racist depict Africans in his book, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) As lost souls who could be rehabilitated.
(b) As people who were physically well-suited for work.
(c) As lazy people who needed to be instilled with a better work ethic.
(d) As savages that needed training.

4. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?
(a) Acknowledging America's racist past.
(b) Reading the writings of Von Nuremburg.
(c) Understanding how Harvard University was founded.
(d) Reading the writings of Aristotle.

5. Which formerly enslaved woman wrote an antislavery book?
(a) Joan Bent.
(b) Micheline Maynor.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Sojourner Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which territory did Thomas Jefferson purchase from the French early in his presidency?

2. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. Who held the theory that Blacks descended from a "Different Adam" than Whites?

4. Chapter 7 consists of one sentence that says Africans are NOT which of the following?

5. Where did Cotton Mather attend college?

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