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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 book that the world's first racist wrote titled, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) Prince Henry's Tome.
(b) Marshall Your Courage.
(c) The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea.
(d) Prince Harold's Praise.

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

3. What difficulty did Cotton Mather have?
(a) A limp.
(b) A stutter.
(c) Blindness.
(d) A disfigured face.

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

5. Who held the theory that Blacks descended from a "Different Adam" than Whites?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Marshall Mathers.
(d) Lucilio Vanini.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the world's first racist depict Africans in his book, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

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

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

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

5. Why did plantation owners show little interest in religiously converting slaves?

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