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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 does Kendi confess to the reader about when he began writing Stamped?
(a) He had quite a few racist ideas himself.
(b) He had read all of Abraham Lincoln's writings.
(c) He did not want to write about racism.
(d) He had not read any of Thomas Jefferson's writings.

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

3. Which Spanish ship carrying slaves was hijacked in 1619?
(a) The Santiago de Caligula.
(b) The San Juan Bautista.
(c) The Santa Maria Domingo.
(d) The Mariachi Marina.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following rules did slave owners have to help keep slaves from rising up?

2. What do Reynolds and Kendi say race has been in American history throughout the ages?

3. What do assimilationists think about combatting racism?

4. What did the Climate Theory say about Africans?

5. What religion did Cotton and Mather practice?

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