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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 13 - 19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Black History Month in the U.S.?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) February.
(d) April.

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

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. Which set of racist laws became enacted in the U.S. following the Civil War?
(a) Puritan laws.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) Sunday laws.
(d) Johnson laws.

5. What was the first university to be opened in the U.S.?
(a) University of Pennsylvania.
(b) Michigan University.
(c) University of Virginia.
(d) Harvard University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a biography of John Brown?

2. According to Kendi, what do antiracists believe?

3. Which scientist in Chapter 12, the father of American anthropology, measured skulls as an indicator of intelligence?

4. Which territory did Thomas Jefferson purchase from the French early in his presidency?

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

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