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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 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) Women were allowed to attend, but only in small numbers.
(d) All the professors had to be priests.

2. What religion did Cotton and Mather practice?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Lutheranism.
(c) Puritanism.
(d) Catholicism.

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

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

5. When did Cotton Mather die?
(a) 1728.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1787.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Spanish ship carrying slaves was hijacked in 1619?

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

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

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

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