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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first university to be opened in the U.S.?
(a) Michigan University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Pennsylvania.
(d) University of Virginia.

2. What did writer John Locke believe about Blacks?
(a) They had better physical health than Whites.
(b) They were better musicians than whites.
(c) They were more violent than Whites.
(d) They had less agile and developed minds than Whites.

3. What did the Curse Theory say about Africans?
(a) That the Salem Witches had cast curses on them.
(b) That they were a cursed people because of God's will.
(c) That they had intentionally cast a curse on themselves.
(d) That they had accidentally cast a curse on themselves.

4. Which of the following did writer Richard Baxter believe about slavery?
(a) It was God's will.
(b) It was a Marxist idea.
(c) It was helpful to slaves.
(d) It was the precursor to Capitalism.

5. What do Reynolds and Kendi say race has been in American history throughout the ages?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A strange and persistent poson.
(c) A solvable problem.
(d) An enigma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the world's first racist's book received by the public?

3. Who do Reynolds and Kendi claim was the world's first racist?

4. When did Cotton Mather die?

5. What do Reynolds and Kendi say Thomas Jefferson might have been the first White person to say?

(see the answer key)

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