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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. What does Kendi confess to the reader about when he began writing Stamped?
(a) He had quite a few racist ideas himself.
(b) He had read all of Abraham Lincoln's writings.
(c) He had not read any of Thomas Jefferson's writings.
(d) He did not want to write about racism.

2. What state was admitted to the Union in 1820 as a free state?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Connecticut.

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

4. Where did Frederick Douglass travel to spread his antislavery message?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Britain.
(d) Italy.

5. Which book was the film The Birth of a Nation based upon?
(a) Shane.
(b) Tarzan.
(c) The Clansman.
(d) Westerworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kendi say he wanted to explore in writing Stamped From The Beginning?

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

3. Which of the following was one of Abraham Lincoln's monikers?

4. Where was W.E.B. Du Bois raised?

5. Who wrote the 1892 pamphlet Southern Horros: Lynch Law in All Its Phases?

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