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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 young Black girl had extraordinary talents as a poet in the 1700s in America?
(a) Phyllis Wheatley.
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

2. Which of the following books did Thomas Jefferson write?
(a) Notes on the State of Virginia.
(b) Independence Days.
(c) Handbook for Future Revolutionaries.
(d) The Real History of Paul Revere's Ride.

3. Where did Thomas Jefferson go upon his retirement from public life?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Boston.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Freedmont.

4. Which state was Senator John C. Calhoun from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

5. According to Kendi, what do antiracists believe?
(a) Racism can be combated by reading certain types of literature.
(b) Racism is the problem of politicians only.
(c) Racism is the problem in need of changing, not Black people.
(d) All racism needs to be rooted out in childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the book that the world's first racist wrote titled, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

2. What did the Puritans stipulate at the opening of the first U.S. university?

3. What did the Three-Fifths Compromise state?

4. What book did Cotton Mather write?

5. Who bought some of the first slaves to come to America from Africa?

(see the answer key)

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