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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. Where did Cotton Mather attend college?
(a) Virginia Tech.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

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

3. Which influential Native American war leader was killed in 1676?
(a) Standing Bull.
(b) Chief Longhorn.
(c) Metacomet.
(d) Chief Cross Guns.

4. What did the Puritans stipulate at the opening of the first U.S. university?
(a) Greek and Latin texts could not be disputed.
(b) Blacks were allowed to attend as long as they worked at the university, too.
(c) All the professors had to be priests.
(d) Women were allowed to attend, but only in small numbers.

5. What did the Climate Theory say about Africans?
(a) They would only be able to work in places with similar climates to where they grew up.
(b) They were redeemable because of the churches in their homelands.
(c) They were savages because of the hot weather where they came from.
(d) They were savages because of the cold climate they came from.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Curse Theory say about Africans?

2. What was the first university to be opened in the U.S.?

3. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?

4. Which young Black girl had extraordinary talents as a poet in the 1700s in America?

5. Who did the world's first racist write a biography about, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

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