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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. How was the world's first racist's book received by the public?
(a) It was only sold to schools.
(b) It was a bestseller.
(c) It hardly sold any copies.
(d) It was only sold to churches.

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

3. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?
(a) Reading the writings of Aristotle.
(b) Acknowledging America's racist past.
(c) Understanding how Harvard University was founded.
(d) Reading the writings of Von Nuremburg.

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

5. What do Reynolds and Kendi say Thomas Jefferson might have been the first White person to say?
(a) I am the least racist person you know.
(b) I have White friends.
(c) I am not a racist, but.
(d) I have Black friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was admitted to the Union in 1820 as a free state?

2. What did the Curse Theory say about Africans?

3. What period of time did uplift suasion seem to be working as intended in?

4. What publication did William Lloyd Garrison often use as an antiracist sounding board?

5. What religion did Cotton and Mather practice?

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