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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 6 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main idea behind uplift suasion?
(a) That if Blacks embraced their own culture, they had a better chance of being acceptance.
(b) That if Blacks pretended to not be able to read, they had a better chance of gaining acceptance.
(c) That if Blacks behaved admirably - which meant like White people - they had a greater chance of gaining acceptance.
(d) That if Blacks became business owners themselves, they had a better chance of gaining acceptance.

3. What do assimilationists think about combatting racism?
(a) They think Black people need to read more White authors.
(b) They think Black people need to transform themselves to become more like White people.
(c) They need to transform people's views of racism through pop culture.
(d) The need to change people's minds through religion.

4. Who did the world's first racist write a biography about, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) Prince Henry.
(b) Jesus.
(c) King Harold.
(d) Hippocrates.

5. Which of the following books did Thomas Jefferson write?
(a) Notes on the State of Virginia.
(b) Handbook for Future Revolutionaries.
(c) The Real History of Paul Revere's Ride.
(d) Independence Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main female character in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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

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

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

5. Which of the following ideas did Jefferson promote in the late 1700s?

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